Wednesday, September 08, 2004
The Ceremony of Flowers
Busily building
their own small temples of joy
bright flags signaling
topaz, rose, cerulean blue
as if a scale of sound
had been tuned to color
as if color
had melted into what is heard
now their full throats sing
such hosannas they proclaim
everything dressed for ceremony
each one decked
with its own ribbons
and frills,
each sending forth
its own precise note.
copyright, Dorothy Walters
their own small temples of joy
bright flags signaling
topaz, rose, cerulean blue
as if a scale of sound
had been tuned to color
as if color
had melted into what is heard
now their full throats sing
such hosannas they proclaim
everything dressed for ceremony
each one decked
with its own ribbons
and frills,
each sending forth
its own precise note.
copyright, Dorothy Walters
