Daffodils
Two poems for Wild Daffodil
Daffodils 1
(for my mother)
Light in dark
bright yellow stridence
shrill golden dog’s bark
to warn off death’s wolves
that freeze her blood
she dreaded night’s unease
the devil’s wintry anti-spring
life’s darkest sparks
but loved the daffodils’
sunny March cadence
of brief piercing dance
Daffodils 2
For ten long days the daffodils
endured, bringing to vase and breakfast-
table stored up sunshine and the silky
softness of their golden gift.
Their scent grew stronger as they
gathered strength from the sugar
we placed in their water, but now
they have withered and their day’s done.
Dry and shriveled they stand paper-
thin and brown, crisp to the touch.
They hang their heads:
oncoming death weighs them down.
rogermoorepoet 
Beautiful indeed Roger…thank you for sharing this.
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Just planted ours yesterday after keeping in the fridge for three weeks to simulate winter in sunny sydney.
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Some tourists, headed for Sydney Australia, just ended up in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Saw the rains in NSW … hope all is well. Lots of love.
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So glad you like them. I had to search hard for a daffodil photo: they arrive so late here in Atlantic Canada.
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Wow! Thank you so much. Such strong poems. I love the thought of ‘stored up sunshine’. Thank you Roger.
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