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Wire Composition: Sunflower

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Frank-Jaspers

Published: Dec 20, 2016

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An orange-red flower
Made of rusty iron wire,
So warm with sunlight
Even seasoned hummingbirds
Believe my art is alive.

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A Tanka about a wire sculpture of a sunflower.

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SandWren

Mar 24, 2017

Sunflowers are my favorite flower. They always have been. I love how they're vibrant and always sway in the wind. I can understand why people would want to make art about them.

My favorite thing about this particular poem (besides the whole poem itself) is your imagery. I know I say this about a lot of your poems (mostly because you're so good at it) but the way you describe things is beautiful.

'Even seasoned hummingbirds
Believe my art is alive'
I love it! Keep up the good work.

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