Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[sheddie]

Do you think this is true?
FORGET-ME-NOT by Hartley Coleridge (victorian day book)

Fain would I know, and yet I can but guess,
How the blue floweret won a name so sweet,
Did some fond mother, bending down to bless,
Her sailing son, with last and fond caress,
Give the small plant to guard him through the fleet?

Did a kind maid, that thought her lover all,
By which a maid would fain beloved be,
Leaning against a ruin'd abbey wall,
Make of the flower an am'rous coronal,
That still should breathe and whisper, "Think of me"?

But were I good and holy as a saint,
Or hermit dweller in secluded grot,
If e'er the soul in hope and love were faint,
Then, like an antidote to moral taint,
I'd give the pretty flower Forget-me-not. (found sorting out my loft)sheddieX

[jazzactivist]

That's a nice, romantic poem, Sheddie. I think that is probably true if the person is likely to be away for a long time. My partner has just gone away to a conference in Kendal for three days and I am looking forward to going out with my friends, cooking and eating what I like at times that suit me, watching what I like on TV without him "harrumphing", and best of all having the whole bed and duvet to myself. Maybe if he was going away for a year I would have sneaked a forget-me-not flower into his rucksack. What about others?

[eleanor2]

absence makes the heart grow fonder.if you see some one everyday you can tend to take each other for granted. when i go france each year for 2 weeks without him.he treats me like the queen of sheba for at least 2 weeks when i get back. thats why i'v already booked next years trip.

[Crocus]

Hi, I think it's true. When hubby and son were away for a week (son's sporting event) I was so happy to see hubby when they got off that bus! You're very clever eleanor by booking next years' trip already!

[sunflower]

I might be wrong, but I think you are asking if this is how the flower got it's name?
If you are, I do'nt know. However, I am almost sure when for-get-me-nots finish flowering the plants completely disappear out of sight. So maybe thats how they got their name.....Do'nt forget me...I'm still here in the ground! Just a thought.

[sheddie]

Rather a complicated poem I thought and wonder why did I keep. There is so much coming out of my loft you wouldn't believe.

[Katelb]

Hi sheddie,it's a lovely poem and the little Forget-me-not is worthy of the literature,it is such a pretty flower and has an amazing perfume.
Let us know if you find any more verses in your turnout,I love verses like that;I had to read it two or three times to get the flow of it right,typically victorian,but lovely.

[Crocus]

Bonfire Sheddie, bonfire! I also must have a good cleanout, but for some reason(?) I don't have time (sorry, I'm totally of topic now)!

[sheddie]

Crocus what happened to my Nun's Prayer? Do you recall seeing it anywhere, I know you replied but I've lost it. Hmmmmm

[Crocus]

Goodness me, I really don't know! Where's our webmaster - you'll have to ask her! Or put it in again! How did it happen? Isn't it on another thread maybe?

[eleanor2]

you put nuns prayer on my waiting game thread by mistake. i thought it was funny how it was slotted there.at the time.but i thought who cares i like things a bit mixed up.

[Crocus]

AAAh thanks eleanor - was quite worried know about Sheddie's poem's disappearance!

[gothfairy]

Myhusband went off to the Falklands over fifteen years ago, for a four month tour of duty. I dropped him off at the camp, and drove home... it was a miserable, late September afternoon. It began to rain. As soon as I got home I howled and howled and howled. But there was nothing to be done about it, so we both had to get on with it. He was away for both our birthdays, Christmas and New Year, and when he walked in the door, four months later, it was as if he'd just popped out for a minute. When he has had to go away on business in the last few years, for a day or two, I have looked forward to it with relish, thinking of all those things I can do.. but when push comes to shove, I don't do them. We are two halves of a whole, he and I, and in our case, I don't think absence could make the heart grow fonder. Does that sound awfully mushy for folk in their late 50s? If so... tough!!

[sheddie]

Eeeee and crocus which of you tried to take my Nun's prayer, it took me ages to type!

[eleanor2]

sheddy you posted it on waiting game.you arn't losing the plot are you. gothfairy that was beautiful what you wrote.how blessed you both are.enjoy the LOVE.

[Crocus]

.....read the lips - its in the w.a.i.t.i.n.g g.a.m.e thread? Had some brrrr dear Sheds? :rolleyes:

[sheddie]

Sarcasm isn't becoming crocus, anyone would think I'm a bit thick, I may just have had a couple.X

[Crocus]

Couple of cups of tea Sheds? I'm bringing over a flask of tea tonight in support of you building the bonfire. Oh, and sandwiches. xxx