When you’ve lived your life
to your coral best
wither surrounds you
a curled past
strewn in dimness
fills your lowered gaze
how do you not
despite proud stem
drop one tear?
Tag Archives: tulip
Connections: April 26
My neighbors’ yards bejewelled
by April cloisonne
— tulips’ dazzling hues
bowing in the May —
shine more brightly
than does mine
with shyly clever
columbine.
In canny metamorphosis
it changes jester hat
for coronet of wings —
a tulip can’t do that!
As spring gives way to summer
and tulips sag to brown
my columbine laughs last
in green and ruffly mound.
Connections: November 17
Autumn tulip
chambered cup
goblin’s basket
for picnic sup.
Woven cradle
comfy bed
seeds will sleep
snow-blanketed.
