a bracelet of cowslips and oxeyes,
meadow flowers of summers long
gone. Her refusal to add pimpernels,
rubies among silver and gold, surprised
me. But she was drawn with childish glee
to sunny dandelions and buttercups
that cast a buttery glow under her chin.
So many seasons of bracelets twist
around the couplet of our wrists.
Kim M. Russell, 7th April 2020
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads NaPoWriMo Day 7 Play it Again in April 2020: Bracelet
Susie’s prompt takes us back to 7th April 2016, when she asked us to write a poem about a bracelet. She shared quotes and extracts for inspiration.
I’m merging this prompt with Kerry’s Skylover Wordlist, sourced from Dylan Thomas’s poetry collection Deaths and Entrances, from which the seventh word is ‘refusals’.
writing in north norfolk 
the equating of pimpernels and rubies – a very beautiful analogy Kim
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Thank you, Laura.
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Kim, I like this nice portrait of a simple girl remained simple as she matured. You also found a very pretty Dausy Bracelet picture. Daisies are Mrs. Jim’s favorite flower. She remained a simple girl also.
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Thanks Jim.
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As you get older you recall how beautiful childhood really was and yearn for the impossible in having it again. I really liked this Kim.
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Thank you, Robin.
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A beautiful poem, Kim. Just beautiful!
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Thank you, Kerry!
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Beautiful poem, Kim, this bracelets never get out of date!
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Thank you, Francina!
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I always liked doing daisy chains myself. My cousin and I made lots of bracelets and necklaces like that, and circlets for our hair, too. Thanks for reminding me.
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You’re more than welcome, Rosemary. Thanks for commenting
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Now this made me smile…those dandelion bracelets! What a wonderful delicacy to your words. (K)
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Thanks Kerfe!
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Gorgeous imagery, Kim! 💝 I so adore; “But she was drawn with childish glee to sunny dandelions and buttercups that cast a buttery glow under her chin.”
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Thanks so much, Sanaa! 😊
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I remember as a young girl, my friends and I used to hold buttercups under our chins to see if they would glow. I forget what it meant but I can remember doing it and making the bracelets as well. Thanks for bringing these memories back with your lovely poem. 🙂
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I’m glad you enjoyed it.😊
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This reminds me so of the month of May….the maypole, and creating bracelets of dandelions when I was young. Just beautifully writ, Kim. Lovely….just really lovely.
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Thank you, Lill!
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This is so beautiful..I prefer a wildflower/dandelion bracelet to gold..so many beautiful days and memories in them.
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Thank you, Susie.
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Little girls and flower bracelets go together. This is lovely, as sunny as the buttery glow under her chin.
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Surprisingly, I cheered myself up for a while with this one, Sherry! This morning is sunny and infecting my mood.
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