TODAY'S FLOWERS
AZALEAS
The trees have not yet greened themselves,
For it is early Spring,
So we're grateful that azaleas
Already start to sing.
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GRIEF!
The lady in blue is weeping. Let's imagine her distress.
The picture does not give us clues so we can only guess.
It would have been so easy to paint a ravaged face,
The eyes red-rimmed and blotchy, devoid of charm or grace.
The artist could have shown a mouth distorted and awry,
The lips grimacing in their grief, or opened in a cry.
The lines of the body are graceful, the blue of the dress is pale;
Everything is in keeping with a sad romantic tale.
But we are left in darkness, and we cannot discover
Whether she's lost a handkerchief or her one beloved lover!
*
The lady in blue is weeping. Let's imagine her distress.
The picture does not give us clues so we can only guess.
It would have been so easy to paint a ravaged face,
The eyes red-rimmed and blotchy, devoid of charm or grace.
The artist could have shown a mouth distorted and awry,
The lips grimacing in their grief, or opened in a cry.
The lines of the body are graceful, the blue of the dress is pale;
Everything is in keeping with a sad romantic tale.
But we are left in darkness, and we cannot discover
Whether she's lost a handkerchief or her one beloved lover!
*
6 comments:
I love your pink azaleas. They are so pretty and are so colorful. Lovely poem and great photo. Have a wonderful Sunday!
She seems to be leaning over two dangling thin legs and feet. Might not there be a clue here, I wonder?
Love your azaleas -so generous with their blooms!
Spring is here with a vengeance. Great azaleas and rhymes.
Eu gosto de azaléias rosa!
Eu gosto de azaléias rosa!
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