Color Quote by Dorothea Grossman

“Describe plum-blossoms? Better than my verses...white Wordless Butterflies”

— Reikan

“I must go there today - Tomorrow the plum blossoms Will scatter.”

— Ryōkan

“However wildly this year's cherry blossoms bloom, I'll see them with the plum's scent filling my heart.”

— Ono no Komachi

“America, the plum blossoms are falling.”

— Anonymous

“Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The petals are the texture of his lips. The color is mine.”

— Anne Fall

“Behave like the flower; it blooms with its own petals without bothering to take the colour of another flower’s petals. You can excel with…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“I have been transcribing those poems and considering how lucky we are to live longer than flowers, even if not much happens to us.”

— Kate Bernheimer

“Flowers live their lives with or without our approval, look how beautiful they are for it.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“The depths of the hearts of humankind cannot be known. But in my birthplace, the plum blossoms smell the same as in the years…

— Clay MacCauley

“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

— Thomas Gray

“Literary Lipsticks by Elaine Equi The Best American Poetry Red Wheelbarrow I Have Eaten the Plums Poppies in October Pink Christmas Red Weather A…

— Elaine Equi