<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=474014" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Blue Plant</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Blue Plant <br>In a clearing in the woods there is a blue plant<br>that is illuminated from the inside and shines<br>long after dark, but if you stop and stare its<br>four petals curl up, light is switched off and it <br>looks another way; this because it lives in fear <br>of being recognized by a passing botanist and <br>classified as a minor little weed not worth<br>bothering about.<br>As I'm only a sailor who lost his sextant and<br>ended up in a wrong vale and not Singapore<br>which was my intention, I have its confidence<br>So I asked: 'what if the botanist finds you<br>the most beautiful flower he has ever seen, <br>then you will be famous, poets will go all<br>tearful and lyrical about you and you'll appear<br>in illustrated books.'<br>The blue flower's light flickered on and off it<br>was clearly in distress petals in a flutter and<br>shakily it said: 'I fear fame it's an awesome<br>responsibility I have to shine and shine always<br>look my best and there is no turning away when<br>things get tough and they will ask me about<br>stuff I know nothing about and critics will ask<br>'is blue the only colour you have got'<br>©Jan Oskar Hansen, all rights reserved</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Oskar+Hansen">Oskar Hansen</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=474014" data-title="The Blue Plant de Oskar Hansen" data-description="The Blue Plant In a clearing in the woods there is a blue plant that is illuminated from the inside and shines long after dark, but if you stop and stare its four petals curl up, light is switched off and it looks another way; this because it li..."></div> </div> </div>

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