FLOWER PICTURE
by Kathleen Ripley Leo

Wild things you said
like the wild white
yarrow in dense sprays
packing the porcelain vase.
Its finish brushed
by a tight hawthorn cluster.
Stems thick against each other,
asters and goldenrod,
dogtooth violet and trillium,
each breathing the other in.

first published in The Bridge

Other featured poems by Kathleen Ripley Leo

Pole Barn
Nawrot-Aron Poems
Where Truth Lies
Foot Massage
Flower Picture
Up, Over the Steep Hill
Singing
The Familiar
The Kiss