Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Marigold

Summery and soothing
Fragrance of an Indian wedding

Petals on Petals
Dancing together

Green submerged like a child in a womb
Filling the cavity, growing with a bloom

Layered like a sea wave
Each layer majestic 
Each wave poetic
Conjoined but separate
Woven in a sonnet
Growing out of brown
Stemming from a cave

 

Tiny green hands
Holding on to petals
Like a child attached to roots
Inspite of being a rebel

Orange like a sunset
All ready to wave goodbye
All set to drown
But followed by a rise
Promising like a dawn
Of a better tomorrow

Million flowers growing and blooming
Swaying through the wind
Dancing to the music

Tall and soaring
Proud and enthralling
Usual yet precious
Gold in a pot
Flaming and hot
My marigolds   

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7 comments:

  1. Wow! You got me with wedding! Little green hands, obedient, and a dawn of a better tomorrow! Such a beautiful ode to marigold that I am sure I should have appreciated them more all these years.

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  2. love the images of wedding blossoms, the child-like image of a bloom and the community of marigolds waving in the breeze - lovely autumn post

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  3. I love the thought of the wedding too, with the marigold chains - so lovely. They are a staunch and brave flower, and always say "fall" to me, as I had them years ago in my garden. I love the "tiny green hands" too.

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  4. love the spontaneous flow of words in praise of marigold.......beautiful expression

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  5. Gorgeous! I am impressed with your ability to focus your attention and share your observations with us. Nicely done, rich with detail.

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  6. Beautiful expressions! the marigold blooms in your verses!

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  7. Beautiful description.

    Orange like a sunset
    All ready to wave goodbye
    All set to drown
    But followed by a rise
    Promising like a dawn
    Of a better tomorrow

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