Tulips
After Toi Derricotte's, "Cherry Blossoms"
I drove around the campus
of Young Harris College
to savor the flavor
of the tulips.
There were photographers:
students visiting the campus,
groups huddled beside
hundreds of tulips
blooming like kaleidoscopes,
a moment frozen in time.
"Oh, tulips,
why can't my life
be so lovely?"
A young woman
set up a tripod
beside the rock chapel,
took a photo of friends,
tulips framed the background.
All around me
the tulips danced
in lemon, ruby, tangerine,
grape, and cotton candy
streamers on the wind.
They whispered
to my troubled mind:
" All is well,
you are strong,
you are strong!"
--Brenda Kay Ledford
For those who live near Northern Georgia, the campus of Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia is magnificent now with hundreds of beautiful tulips blooming. Many people just drive around the college to view and photograph the lovely flowers. It truly is a visual feast!
I wish all my blogger friends a happy and beautiful spring!
Brenda
5 comments:
Oh Brenda, how I would love to see those tulips. They don't do well here. Houston is too hot for a number of things! I like your poem, too. You always paint such beautiful word pictures.
These are beautiful sights.
Aren't Tulips beautiful! Love your poem and the beautiful Tulips.
How lovely all of the tulips are! Thank you also for your prayers for our son. Zack is healing and doing very well
This is so beautiful Brenda. I want to send my condolences to you on the loss of your mother. I'm praying for you and all of your family. It's hard to lose a mom but it's comforting to know they are in a better place. May God Bless you. !!
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