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Wild Bergamot

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Spiderwort

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Chicory

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Bittersweet Nightshade

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Dame’s Rocket

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Periwinkle

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Violets

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Spring Flowers

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Patch of Periwinkle

 

Frocked in lavender finery

and dainty necklace of white,

March winds rustle your many emerald petticoats

as you sit in half shadow

beneath an unadorned maple tree,

dispassionately waiting

for the rest of Spring’s recalcitrant guests to arrive.

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Crocuses in Bloom

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