Canna lilies in fall
CANNA LILIES IN FALL
Canna lilies, trimmed to stalks,
stand like the royal guard,
arrayed in terra cotta urns,
silent, each one at attention.
In October’s angled light,
we upend the pots, spilling
tubers, roots, tangled in soil,
Prepared now to hibernate.
Then we see the lonely stalks
have formed and twisted, each to each,
beneath the earth, hidden from us,
a single secret organism
As the cruel spade rives the bulbs
from their fall entanglements
to dry throughout the winter,
I think us two parting,
Separate in time and space,
but with roots entwined beneath,
hidden deep within a secret
that no person shall rive apart.
About this poem
Thoughts about gardening, life and what lies beneath.
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Written on October 30, 2023
Submitted by pugpubco on November 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X AXAX XBXX AXXX XXXB XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 637 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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