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Monday, April 17, 2023

Ode to the Daffodil

 

On Saturday, when we dropped something off at the house my son is living at temporarily
a golden profusion of frills stole my flower-hungry gaze!
I couldn't resist gathering a few beauties to bring home
to bury my face into again and again...
Another one of the guys also living in the same house with our son
 is currently renovating our main-floor washroom!


I confessed to him that the flowers on my kitchen table were 'borrowed'
from his property and he said, 'yeah, Matt told me, and I honestly hadn't
even noticed they were blooming!!" 😂😅😇


Dear daffodil, each spring you thrill us with your sanguine pose
Lovely trailblazer to a pageantry of blooms unfurled
You cheer earth’s stiff, bare bones stripped of last shreds of winter clothes
Spilling splashes of sunshine to a battered, threadbare world

Dear daffodil, who can resist your olden, golden charms
As you return to tended plots or yards from 'gards' of yore
Trustworthy, friendly forerunners welcomed with open arms
By petal-hungry passengers on winter run ashore

Dear daffodil, robust yet fine, apple of April’s eye
Your ruffled elegance graces hall tables and fence rows
Your frills fill flower-happy hearts with worship’s sweetest sigh
And hymns roused from a well-spring only Heaven fully knows

Dear daffodil, so worth the wait/wade through winter’s wild rampage
So worth the while it takes until its chilling tides subside
To unveil what we always knew would soon take center stage
Gaggles of giggling daffodils strolling the countryside

© Janet Martin











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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!