My Season's furthest Flower --
My Season's furthest Flower -- I tenderer commend Because I found Her Kinsmanless, A Grace without a Friend.
Emily Dickinson
My Season's furthest Flower -- I tenderer commend Because I found Her Kinsmanless, A Grace without a Friend.
Dickinson speaks to a flower that has pushed up at the very edge of the growing season, the last one left in the garden or field. She calls it her “Season’s furthest Flower” — the one that bloomed later than all the rest, practically out of time.
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