Rhododendron Spring - Victoria BC
Gillian Cornwall, c. 2007
I thought it might be nice to have a taste of Spring through this wee poem. Here, in Victoria, BC, the snow drops have popped up and buds are appearing on the trees. By February, the plum and cherry blossoms will begin their annual extravaganza of blossoms and sweet-scented confetti, twirling and dancing from the branches on the Spring breezes, to the grass and pavement below. I hope you enjoy the poem:
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, January 29, 2016
Originally Posted, c. June 1, 2014
Territory of the Lekwungen speaking people
Vancouver Island, BC
Gillian Cornwall, c. May 2015
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