Thursday, April 2, 2015

Flowers into verse


steady rainfall/ under the young tulip tree/ pink and white petals
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eve of summer/ I plant marigolds/ where the pansies died
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dead of winter/ two yellow mums bloom/ on closer look … silk
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before the ice storm/ fresh camellias/ grace each room
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peepers croak/ from a marshy bog/ here, violets bloom
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before daffodil/ or purple martin/ a killer tornado
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petals fallen/ under the red camellia/ April’s rain in March
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jonquils/ drooping in their first rain/ the umbrellaed walker
 
c 2015 PL

2 comments:

  1. Such lovely lines...full of spring beauty...except for the tornado one. We sit here now knowing bad weather is coming in a few hours...I do not like to think of the T word!
    I am glad you are honoring Poetry Month...I should but it has sneeked up on me this year! :)

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  2. Hope you didn't get the "T" word. But the wind has been ferocious--until early this morning, when it died down as if in awe of the empty tomb we celebrate today. Thanks for commenting. PL

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