30. Deaths of Flowers (E.J.Scovell)

Here’s an excerpt:


I would choose the tulip’s reckless way of going;
Whose petals answer light, altering by fractions
… … …
Till wrecked, flamboyant, strayed beyond recall,
Like flakes of fire they piecemeal fall.

E.J.Scovell (1907-1999)

You can read the whole poem here

a dying tulip flower
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