Impetuous Tulip
by Carol Montoya
Title
Impetuous Tulip
Artist
Carol Montoya
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Tulips
By A.E. Stalling
The tulips make me want to paint,
Something about the way they drop
Their petals on the tabletop
And do not wilt so much as faint,
Something about their burnt-out hearts,
Something about their pallid stems
Wearing decay like diadems,
Parading finishes like starts,
Something about the way they twist
As if to catch the last applause,
And drink the moment through long straws,
And how, tomorrow, they’ll be missed.
The way they’re somehow getting clearer,
The tulips make me want to see–
The tulips make the other me
(The backwards one who’s in the mirror,
The one who can’t tell left from right),
Glance now over the wrong shoulder
To watch them get a little older
And give themselves up to the light.
From Poetry Magazine June 2009
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February 17th, 2015
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Jasna Dragun
Congratulations on your feature in the "Global Flowers Photography" and as "Pick For The Day" 19. 07. !! l/f
Randy Rosenberger
It is truly an honor and a pleasure to let you know that your beautiful piece of artwork that you submitted to the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group has been chosen to be featured and displayed on our homepage featured artists section. Thank you much for sharing and congratulations on your special place of honor. Favorited and Liked this exceptional piece of artwork. Randy B. Rosenberger ( admin. of WFS group )