Dear Myrea, I haven’t written much lately due to my work schedule in So. San Francisco and various other stressors. But your wonderful rendering of the Dicentra flower inspired a poem, which I’ve printed below.  I hope this find you well. Happy St. Valentine’s Day,
Dorothea Barth

Flower of the Bleeding Heart
by Dorothea Barth 2011

Where feathered Pippin sleeps below
With St. Francis you stood guard
Near roses, plums, and redwoods
Dicentra of the bleeding heart

Your petals had all vanished
When Valentine arrived
What joy to see, by artful strokes
Your symmetry revived

Delicate Dicentra
You bleed and still you glow
The pain and rapture captured
A dance all lovers know

Dorothea Barth 2010© Vallejo CA USA

Bleeding Hearts©Myrea Pettit

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