"Budding Tulip" by Kumiharu Shimizu
“This is the day to bite your tongue…”
Psychic tip of the day,
tarot.com
This is the day to bite your tongue…
in giving mood, attention to sound,
body perceives an extraneous stimuli,
ears – long enough to spot hypnotizing
tom-tom in the cartridge on the
flowerbed;
head? – how big or not at all, while
everything needed for ravishing life –
just water and strength – touching the
roots
fertilizing talk.
For now, this is the day to bite your
tongue…
the first page/ copying the manners of
twins around, mirroring colors (why not
orange?),
the form, the legend: where/why came
from,
a membrane to pull on for air ventilated
truth
thru a canal from underground savvies
bulbs
between the roots and stems to propagate,
carry weight to new territory
meta-morphing silent budding tulips…
Shared with PU Poetry Pantry #247
It is wise to sit back and reflect in doing so to mirror the tulip! Hopefully it works!
ReplyDeleteHank
This is certainly the right time of year to contemplate tulips.
ReplyDeleteLoved this poem.. :D very powerful language & imagery :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the day to bite your tongue…
in giving mood, attention to sound,
body perceives an extraneous stimuli,
ears – long enough to spot hypnotizing
tom-tom in the cartridge on the flowerbed;
head?
Im assuming you mean to use our senses to experience the beauty of tulips :D
I loved these lines.. simply lovely :)
xoxo
Bite my tongue you say? pfffft to that, says the cat. Okay with Pat lol
ReplyDeleteThe contemplation of "everything needed for ravishing life" - the roots, and stems, and water.....it is the time of tulips!
ReplyDeletewhat an interesting take and images.
ReplyDeleteLove the season when the tulips are budding.. so much built-up energy to be released.
ReplyDeleteIt really is indeed the season to begin thinking about flowers, tulip and others that pop out in spring!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to those budding tulips, smiles ~
ReplyDeleteSo much great writing all over the place, this is one of them. Very nice!
ReplyDeletetulips and flowers---lots of things to contemplate
ReplyDeleteThis is the day to bit your tongue..a time for reflections..with the tulips.
ReplyDeleteAll we need precious tulips need too....
ReplyDeleteDonna@LivingFromHappiness
I am totally ready for the tulip and flower season. They are among my favorite flowers, maybe because they signal the beginning of spring.
ReplyDeleteGlorious!
ReplyDeleteThe title is a true gem - how we paste on a smile like a flower head...when our strength and meaning is in the roots...a little like trees again maybe? xo
ReplyDeletelove the silent preparation for the show...day of tulips indeed :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Many days are days I must bite my tongue.
ReplyDeleteThe image you have selected is beautiful! and the words as well!
ReplyDeleteSpring is always a fascinating time. How bulbs store all they need over winter - (though some bring bulbs in because sometimes it can get even too cold for them) and then they announce the changing of the season. So perhaps we too can put aside our winter worries and let beauty flow from our lips.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit. Compassion could be too much, when a villain does not care and just wants silence or to hear their own drumming - compassion does not always stop a knife or a bullet, or even foul words.
Nice. Tulips are indeed beautiful and well rooted, as we all should be. Enjoye this poem full of Spring.
ReplyDeleteSpring is simply brimming with colours and flowers bursting into life...I'm always sad when the spring flowers fade away...Seasonal change..
ReplyDeleteEileen
Tulips are quite mystical. They are like buds in the early morning but open during day time. Just like in writing poetry :)
ReplyDeleteTulips make a wonderful choice for a poem topic.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for all inspiring comments! Happy Spring :)x
ReplyDeleteI do wonder what it would be like to mirror colors, although I would hope that orange would not reflect back at me! (I prefer blue.)
ReplyDelete