Sunday, June 01, 2014

The Rain Coast

 Rhododendron Spring - Victoria BC
Gillian Cornwall, c. 2007

Every lick of colour
sopping springtime blooms
wet paint in every green
fills the canvas of my town

Splotching pinkest pinks
Camellia upon Camellia
the fair flower that leaps whole
to the grassy bed below

Rhododendrons grow as trees here
floral monsters in pastel
a million pink and purple tongues 
catching raindrops from the sky

Now I lay me down among you
on this verdant, spongy ground
raincoat and gumboot clad
wash me clean into this land

-Gillian Cornwall, c. June 1, 2014


 Saanich - Vancouver Island, BC
Gillian Cornwall, c. May 2014.


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