Screened behind the Forsythia – v2

A cluster of daffodils,

variegated in color

hiding, behind the yellow

screened behind the forsythia

Seeking out their stature

their beauty partially obscured

as a demur flower, hidden

in the shadow of the leaves

Edited October 27, 2013

Screened behind the Forsythia – v2

April 6, 2010

Screened behind the Forsythia

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/04/screened-behind-forsythia.html

(with photograph)

Pembroke Village School

Suncook, NH

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In the First Bloom

In the first bloom
the promise of full blossom
the color waiting
for the right time
The teasing yellow
emerged from the green

The winter over
the dark night ending
the colors alive
soon to be ablaze

April 12, 2011
Pembroke Village School
Suncook, NH





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Screened behind the Forsythia

The cluster of daffodils,
variegated in color
hiding, behind the yellow
screened behind the forsythia

Seeking out their stature
their beauty partially obscured
as a demur flower
hidden behind the door


April 6, 2010
Pembroke Village School




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Contact me at Ray Foss
for usage.

Like Swans

Like swans, hiding in the reeds
the cattails, the plants
A cluster of daffodils
screened by the forsythia branches
Their long necks, their regal heads
turned toward the light.
Sheltered from their fingers
partially hidden from view.
Peeking out of the curtain
for those yearning to see.


April 10, 2009
Pembroke Village School
Suncook, NH

Drops of Yellow

Pearls of color
drops of yellow
hanging from the branches
the forsythia beginning to bloom
a chandelier of yellow
hanging, brightening after dawn

April 10, 2009
Pembroke Village School
Suncook, NH

Green Pushing Out the Yellow

Their days of glory ending,
the green pushing out the yellow
still full living blooms
being driving out, interlopers
green leaves dismissing the petals,
the bright pure yellow
a carpet of canary
below the green pushing them out
their time in the sun
over, far too soon

May 1, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsythia

Sudden Forsythia

Forsythia, yellow bush aflame
springtime bursting
into sudden bloom
Memories of my childhood home
the taste of the yellow petals
their feel on my tongue
cascade of thought, memory
a rush of my history
flooding in my mind
captured in these words,
inspired by sudden forsythia

April 19, 2008

A Taste of Yellow

Forsythia blooms
plucked from the bush
a sudden jolt
back to when I was six
walking to kindergarten
petals curl on my tongue
a taste of yellow
like the first time
forty years ago

4/27/06 7:15pm


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