tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post3779501190127072020..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Marie Conniffe shoots and writes DuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-86131517570972606472015-08-23T05:47:22.603-07:002015-08-23T05:47:22.603-07:00Ha! Yes. But a very sweet poem.Ha! Yes. But a very sweet poem.kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-38343555903948394652015-08-23T01:36:49.343-07:002015-08-23T01:36:49.343-07:00"Imaginings true," indeed. For the primr..."Imaginings true," indeed. For the primrose is neither a rose nor particularly prim. And though its name is derived from the medieval Latin "prima rosa" (first rose), it is not even necessarily the earliest spring plant to flower. Its other Latin name, its scientific nomenclature, is Primula vulgaris -- prime (first) "common" (non aristocratic). With all this falseness and posturing, it is fitting that it was the favorite flower of Benjamin Disraeli, the commoner who was created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria, even though he had never lived in the town. I say "fitting" because Disreali was both a novelist and politician....DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com