tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post1686644638792548107..comments2024-03-27T11:02:20.107-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Perhaps you'd like to buy a flowerSusan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-64393862065389198762024-03-04T15:46:08.018-08:002024-03-04T15:46:08.018-08:00I understood it as the one being addressed is look...I understood it as the one being addressed is looking for something that hasn't bloomed yet but somehow ED has it. Could be an emotion, thing, hope, companionship, etc. <br /><br />While she would not share it permanently, but would lend to the one being addressed until the thing he is looking for is in full bloom and in abundance.<br /><br />Further 'not an hour more' to me depicted as that ED wants the addressed one to find his own since it will be in abundance during blooming season rather than latching onto ED's which was temporary.<br /><br />Or it might be a novice misunderstanding, since I am new to poetry.Manjul Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510887901291616689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-65230370983725198332022-06-26T07:16:42.056-07:002022-06-26T07:16:42.056-07:00ED enjoys making facetious offers that sound too g...ED enjoys making facetious offers that sound too good to be true because they mean the opposite of what they seem to say.<br /><br />‘When I count the seeds’, F51, puts the offer in the last line after stating the conditions, but moving the offer to the first line makes the joke more obvious:<br /><br />I will unreluctantly give up this coming summer’s garden season <br />(1) when I can count the seeds in the ground that will bloom someday, <br />(2) when I know the dead and buried have gone to heaven, and <br />(3) when I believe in a heavenly garden that no one has ever seen and can pick a flower without feeling any sting of doubt.<br /><br />If you agree to that offer, ED has a bridge to sell you.<br /><br />Likewise, ‘Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower’, F92, tells an admirer of ED's garden that she would never sell a flower, but if they would like to borrow one, they’re welcome to take it as long as they return it before daffodils bloom and bees buzz around clover.<br /><br />You can guess the joke; bees start buzzing before garden flowers bloom, and daffodils bloom first. ED doesn’t sell her babies.<br /><br />Ergo, gotcha. Har, Har.<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-29698431030427185562017-01-16T21:54:45.424-08:002017-01-16T21:54:45.424-08:00I read this as a flower notecard presented with an...I read this as a flower notecard presented with an rsvp for drinks later. mcjeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354406129562154763noreply@blogger.com