Fragrant Spring Flowers Plant pro: Which pittosporum has dark red/purple flowers in spring that are especially fragrant at night?
Plant grows up to 15 meters tall
Often planted as unclipped hedge or screen and usually grows shorter
Grown frequently in San Francisco Bay area - upright growth, not spreading
Has small reddish purple blossoms in spring noticeably fragrant in the evening
Smallish silvery green leaves and foliage is long-lasting when cut
Not tobria or mock orange
P. tenuifolium hardy and tall 30ft.
Silver Queen P. crassifolium up to 18ft.
Looking at the window; i sat.
The dismal rain cast an overcasting display of re-birth.
Dead flowers lay in the muddy garden soil.
Above lay a newly-bloomed flower, standing tall.
I could smell the sweet scent of new begininings as the fragrant flowers died and came to life again, as mother nature pleased.
The area was silent.
There was nothing except for myself.
And the earth renewing itself with the early spring shower.
What do you think? I am not done yet, so please don't be mean. Just critique and help me out.
Alright so you have some deep thoughts there.
This is the advice I'll give you though --read more poems like "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe in order to learn some more styles. And of course, keep practicing by writing your own stuff.
The problem with your writing is that it is very obvious and little flow. You want to do two things to make a really good poem,you want hints, not facts and you want a bang effect.
This is a good flow to a poem:
Hint
Shock
Hint
For example, and this is was not pre-prepared:
The Monster Named Abonsty
The birds flee up in the trees, and the deer all scurry their own way.
I hear stomp, stomp, stomp. I close my eyes even though it's dark. And this stomp, so stark, and so real, conquers my emotions that were once steel. As if it's lighting striking down my spine. And I open my eyes and see that source of the noise of which I felt remorse. It was a frog, running away from me. Maybe I was the monster named Abonsty.
Elder grows wild here: you see it everywhere, on urban wasteland as much as in rural areas. It is a very useful tree. You can make fritters or cordial with the fragrant spring blossom, and wine or jelly with the autumn berries – not that I have done any of that yet, but crumble is a start!
I wonder how long this will last.
Elder grows wild here: you see it everywhere, on urban wasteland as much as in rural areas. It is a very useful tree. You can make fritters or cordial with the fragrant spring blossom, and wine or jelly with the autumn berries – not that I have done any of that yet, but crumble is a start!