“You made flowers bloom in my lungs and although they are beautiful, I can’t breathe.”—Anonymous. Flowers have been used to express emotion since the beginning of time. A red rose for love, white lilies for death, and the well-named forget-me-not….
The Sunflowers
The boy saw hundreds of miles of hills lined with sunflowers: long, green stems topped with magnificent golden limbs and bold, deep brown faces that stretched upwards to meet the sun’s light. He pressed his fingers against the thick pane…
Journey of the Daffodil
I was born from a man enamored with his reflection, who, when looking into the clear, translucent water of a pond, fell in and drowned. A nymph had loved him, her soul the soft Echo of sweetness. Yet in his…
Cooking with Flowers: Rose Petal Sauce
Hi everyone, This is Essa- Bloomsday Review’s resident foodboy here. This is going to be something different, so I think I should be a lot more personal than I tend to be with my writing. If you’ve read my previous…
Rose Garden
The trees sighed a silent warning, and the leaves rustled in alarm. A man approached a garden which did not belong to him. His gait was steady, smooth, nonchalant. Upon his face danced a predatory smirk, and his eyes were…
Orchid gazing in Chiang Mai
“I don’t buy my wife flowers. She just likes photos of flowers. Saves me money.” – overheard in a greenhouse filled with orchids in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photos courtesy of Kristina Anderson.
