My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea
Awash with cerulean ripples,
Other-worldly, complex flowers
Clamour,
South American beauties
At the windows of a brothel,
Wild and menacing
As their vigorous vines
Intertwine
And swallow trees whole
Like Amazonian anacondas.
And yet,
The intricate structure
Of each flower
Is a symbol
Of another kind of Passion:
Flagellating tendrils,
Lance leaf and petal apostles,
Stigma nails and anther wounds,
The filaments a crown of thorns,
A pure white flower
In garments of azure.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
(©Peter Bertok CC BY-SA 3.0)
writing in north norfolk 
I do like your take on this Kim..””Flagellating tendrils,”” such a fascinating flower isn’t it…..you capture its wonder so well.
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Such excitement you paint like this flower opens a party. Truly enjoyed this, Kim!
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Thank you!
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a wonderful weave of imagery for the passion flower vine – ananconda like at the brothel. And your use of clamour – marvellous!
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Thank you kindly, Laura 🙂
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Thank you for playing along with the TW prompt Kim! 🙂
Wonderful response – I love how you’ve explored the flower – and the metaphors you’ve created –
great ideas and phrases in combinations that are as striking as the flower it self 😀
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Thank you!
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