Daffodils
By onemorething
- 1750 reads
We present the dead
with flowers - Zoai
for those who have lost
the war of life.
These blooms will wither
in turn, to their own grave,
strewn across the dimming
of another personal history,
just as Spring ushers
the end of Winter.
Everything has a conclusion;
a grey that clouds in increments,
but the colour of all beginnings
is yellow, of the luteous bells
of daffodils that rise
from the ashes of dormancy.
Once, hidden, dividing
in a conspiracy of renewal -
they are almost brash
in their sudden show
of contrast - brave and bright
on the indecision of March.
There is unease to any adjustment;
the pain of transience, yet
the wisdom of the Narcissus
is to look, to hope, for luck,
for death; the generosity
of tomorrow - again, again,
and begin again, a future
that we could trust
to the blossom of another dawn.
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"the luteous bells of
"the luteous bells of daffodils.." I could see and feel the colours in that poem. Beautiful.
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I love "dividing in a
I love "dividing in a conspiracy of renewal", that seems to hold both the vigour of daffodils and 8555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555558///////////// (message from Tina) the joy of yellow :0) Do you feel the first colours are like the first notes in Fanfare for the Common Man?
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Wonderful. Love those closing
Wonderful. Love those closing lines.
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This beautiful, hopeful poem
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loving the messages from Tina - please thank her from me Di
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will do - she is asleep just
will do - she is asleep just now :0)
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This is quite beautiful. An
This is quite beautiful. An accomplished poem that is measured and well written.
Hilary
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Some of the language used in
Some of the language used in this poem is just brilliant. Luteous! A very nice poem.
Yasemin Balandi
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