Columbines

"Columbines," she mused, wistfully, as she plucked several of the flowers and held them up to gaze wonderingly at them, as if to see in them some revelation of the mystery that shrouded her birth and her name.

The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey 1905

Colorado, for that matter, has two official songs: "Where the Columbines Grow" and "Rocky Mountain High."

Hauling Burro: Donkey Racers Make Stubborn Bid for Recognition Stephanie Simon 2011

I couldn't decided whether we were Punch and Judys or Harlequin and Columbines.

faint paranoia, or, delusions of grandeur Megan Kurashige 2010

I couldn't decided whether we were Punch and Judys or Harlequin and Columbines.

Archive 2010-01-01 Megan Kurashige 2010

But for us who articulate and deal through verbal expression, the Columbines of the world still shock us.

Carol Smaldino: "Don't Cry out Loud": Bullied Out Of Feelings About Bullying 2010

Sensible laws and parental involvement is what can prevent future Columbines from happening.

Of Guns and Prayer 2009

Columbines seed like crazy here too, and I leave all of them unless they are in the middle of the walkways and only remove those to avoid a bee sting when the blooms attract the buzzers.

Winters Of Spring « Fairegarden 2009

But how many Columbines need to happen before people are no longer willing to let millions of handguns get traded at gun shows; on the Internet or in the black-markets of a dark alley?

Why I Voted For Obama 2009

On the other side of the planet, there are weekly Columbines.

Tom Engelhardt: Killing Civilians 2009

It's a sad testament to our priorities that the question could possibly be raised, yet again, so very easily as it is in today's days of Columbines and now Virgina Techs.

Charles Karel Bouley: Human Hunters 2008