Flower Earrings

Maggie and Mollie gave me beautiful earrings for Mothers Day. Real delicate flowers from Mexico encased in acrylic resin and set in sterling silver. I liked them so much and thought they were so special, I bought them each a pair. Maggie sent this photo of hers. There is something very Frida Kahlo about them. I thought about these earrings quite a bit, imagining how they came to be. I wrote a poem about it you can read by clicking this post. The poem accompanied the blue flowered earrings I gave to Mollie to celebrate her last surgery.

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TINY BLUE FLOWERS

So her children can eat
she gently harvests
tiny blue flowers
wondering if it’s true 
that gringo ladies 
wear them on their ears

preserved in resin
and set in silver
these perfect blooms
seem enchanted
locked in time

from the heart of Mexico
to the gift box in my hand
two women’s hearts connect
our random fates
laid bare

tiny blue flowers
their delicate grace
their graceful sway
it seems fitting 
these earrings are
teardrops