Columbine of Fairy Lights

Daily Note

Every day, a photograph, a poem. November 1st starts another year of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. I rereading last year’s novel I wrote because it’s not yet finished. I’ll work on it this year to write another 50,000 words during the month of Novermber. Today, I read about the fairy lanterns, the lovely columbine:

“the columbines around the yellow stone seemed to flash with red from the spurs and yellow from the stamens as a gentle breeze flowed down the hill, all seemingly to join the dance.”
Excerpt From
So Says the Moonstream, 2022
Sheri Edwards
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Later on in the story, the same dancing lights of the columbine will help the heroes chase away the evil shadow.

And so a poem…

Poetry

Columbine of Fairy Light

Did you know of lanterns bright
that fairies hold over shadow’s fright?
In your garden growing fine
the red and yellow columbine—
touched by fairy spell that heeds
evil shadows creeping need,
spells turn the spurs to flash of red
and stamens yellow shadow dreads—
spells that let the flower’s shine
to chase the shadow gone in time.
Sheri Edwards
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