<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360078" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>By the Peonies</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The peonies bloom, white and pink.<br>And inside each, as in a fragrant bowl,<br>A swarm of tiny beetles have their conversation,<br>For the flower is given to them as their home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother stands by the peony bed,<br>Reaches for one bloom, opens its petals,<br>And looks for a long time into peony lands,<br>Where one short instant equals a whole year.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then lets the flower go. And what she thinks<br>She repeats aloud to the children and herself.<br>The wind sways the green leaves gently<br>And speckles of light flick across their faces.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The charms of the ordinariness soothe the threat of anxiety.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Czeslaw+Milosz">Czeslaw Milosz</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360078" data-title="By the Peonies de Czeslaw Milosz" data-description="The peonies bloom, white and pink. And inside each, as in a fragrant bowl, A swarm of tiny beetles have their conversation, For the flower is given to them as their home. Mother stands by the peony bed, Reaches for one bloom, opens its petals, An..."></div> </div> </div>

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