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a merry ghoul ([personal profile] merryghoul) wrote 2017-12-30 06:12 am (UTC)

Title meanings

The prompts filled out here are not in the order they were placed on the table for “The Language Of Flowers.” The titles for the fics were taken from various flower quotes; the sources for these quotes are listed below.

6, daffodil: The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare
3, calla lily: originally The Lake by Massingham & MacDonald, made famous by Katharine Hepburn
1, baby’s breath: Vulnerable, Amy Lane
15, narcissus: “Persephone, Falling,” Rita Dove
7, dahlia: “City that Does Not Sleep,” Federico García Lorca
9, delphinium: “My Garden is a Pleasant Place,” Louise Driscoll
14, morning glory: the screenplay for Morning Glory (1933), Howard J. Green
16, poppy: Lud-in-the-Mist, Hope Mirrlees
8, daisy: The Garland of Flora, Dorothea Dix
12, lilac: “Then and Now,” John McCrae
18, rose: Cakes and Ale, W. Somerset Maugham
4, carnation: “Carnation,” Paul Weller
20, tulip: “On Planting a Tulip-Root,” James Montgomery
19, sunflower: My Antonia, Willa Cather
13, marigold: The School of the Heart, Francis Quarles
17, ranunculus: “Bohemia,” E. C. Stedman
11, iris: The Box: Remembering the Gift, Terma Collective
2, bleeding heart: from this webpage
10, hyacinth: “Incription for a Grotto,” George Croly
5, chrysanthemum: The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa

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