Labor as a Tulip | Maverick Mist

Labor as a Tulip

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 1, 2018

Posted in: Flowers, Music, Nature, Photography, Poetry. Tagged: Camelot, Karen Volkman, Labor as a Tulip, Lusty Month of May, tulips, Vanessa Redgrave.

Labor as a Tulip
Karen Volkman

Labor as a tulip
arrays its flame, nu
form, as the bulb-star,
interred, divines its ore

surging the gulf
rooting it into
appalled memento
pulsing will.

Leaf-blades score the heap.
Other wounds—penetralia—
other worlds, cries, far.
Filaments, simples

emblazoning the rei,
rebus of grief.
Unslumbering terra
premising her kill.

7 comments on “Labor as a Tulip”

Tiny on May 1, 2018 at 12:29 pm said:

A gorgeous picture, Maverick! And the poem is truthful about laboring as a Tulip 🙂

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- Maverick ~ on May 1, 2018 at 5:45 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tiny, the poem’s a bit cryptic but I liked it too. 🙂
  
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Gabriela on May 1, 2018 at 12:43 pm said:

I must say, I really love the tag “Lusty Month of May”. How fitting for these beautiful tulips.

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- Maverick ~ on May 1, 2018 at 5:46 pm said:
  
  I don’t know if you paint but it would be a great title for a painting. 🙂
  
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  - Gabriela on May 2, 2018 at 12:15 pm said:
    
    I haven’t taken up painting yet, as I’m still focused on improving my drawing. I think “Lusty Month of May” would make a great title for many things, it’s perfect.
    
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Dalo 2013 on May 2, 2018 at 6:32 am said:

A labor of love ~ words and the photos.

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- Maverick ~ on May 2, 2018 at 8:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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