Hyacinth, One Year Old
Where a hyacinth sprouted
pressing aside woodchips with pointed leaves
eager to bloom off the path near an apple tree
a white hyacinth reminding me of Persephone
it’s Spring again and a ring of flowers around its stem
some weeks later this year because of energy divided
among new bulbs thrusting weaker than before
but growing ever more majestic
even more beautiful
with such a diadem Persephone still gleams
copyright © Dick Russell
2018
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