Friday, April 20, 2018

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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