Note: I know, I know. I said I’d be posting more. But I had a bit of an exciting weekend (MIBF woooooooo! ohai Ariel and Anne) followed by a major Murphy’s Law day at work, so I kind of got distracted.
Also, I finished the last book of Codex Alera and it’s kind of hard to stop reading that. If you like military-style societies and Avatar: The Last Airbender, I recommend that you read it—I recommend that you buy it to support Jim Butcher, but I can give you copies of Book 1 if you comment about this below.
On top of that, our #StrangeLit bundle “Incredible Truths” now has a book trailer care of the wonderful Anne Plaza, which I’m still fangirling over. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.
*cough* I was dithering with the online courses I mentioned last time, too. Apart from angsting about not having a good enough photo for all of my social media accounts, I also wondered if my sense of enjambment is boring.
Which brings me to this week’s poem. This was the result of the “found poem” exercise for the online poetry class, inspired by my #StrangeLit story (which makes mention of this flower). It involved getting a piece of prose and breaking it up so it would look more like a poem. The resource I used was Rich Sense.
Let me know what you guys think.
The Ixora (Jungle Flame) is
a plant
of the Rubiaceae.
The Ixora
grows by nature in
tropical Asia.
The Ixora flowers have
a special meaning
according
to some religions, such as
in Hinduism, where
the red Ixora flowers are used
to honor
the Gods.
Also
at Buddhist temples the flowers
are used in flower
offerings.
Suriname knows
the red Ixora
under the name Faja
Lobi, which
Hindus brought with them
from India
to Suriname;
this flower has
grown to be one of
the most popular flower
of Suriname.
The Ixora Kontiki can be
bought
from April
til October.
