Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Adorable Tulips

                                                                                     Author:  John O'Neill
Image:  Standing tall (here)

the 11 of 12 given Wordle words: 
tulips. ten, common spot wax, bulwark, 
poet, innocent, hawk, sleep, wrong

The tulips swayed dancing beautifully
Their ten petals were open to scrutiny
A common sight, were always adored,
A spot of colour as nature had offered

The wax of their petals, smooth and pure,
A bulwark to maintain for all good cures
Their fragrance a poet's delight,
A source of inspiration in the night.

But even in their innocent peek and grace,
Tulips could be a hawk's target at any place
Unaware of the unexpected attraction
Awkwardly located not meant to be wrong

Linda at d'Verse OLN - #338-summer-is-coming/
MMT at The Whirligig#422

4 comments:

  1. Hank, you totally rocked this! Well done, Sir ~ this is a beautiful piece! And wow - how how wove those 11 words together!

    <3
    David
    SkepticsKaddish.com

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  2. Tulips are my favourite flowers, Hank, and one treasured memory is seeing fields of them in The Netherlands when we visited Delft some years ago. Your poem reminded me of that.

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