The past tense of Poppy
Yesterday afternoon I saw you in bud and I anticipated seeing you partially open this morning...
Yesterday afternoon I saw you in bud and I anticipated seeing you partially open this morning. So much for supposing. You were already out in your party dress, hat tossed to the side.
The greenhouse version of bodice ripping.
The greenhouse version of bodice ripping.
In someones' front garden running alongside the road, I recognized her profile.
In someones' front garden running alongside the road, I recognized her profile.
Poppies suddenly unpack and snap sheets into the sky.
Poppies suddenly unpack and snap sheets into the sky.
Any bit of this world begging to be looked at will cast a spell of magnificence...
Any bit of this world begging to be looked at will cast a spell of magnificence big enough to silence the burning desire, the persistent call, the plan that my ego assures me is right and is prepared to be indignant about.
At some level this must sound like ripping and eventually billowing...
At some level this must sound like ripping and eventually billowing. I cannot imagine the forces at work here. The machinery of physics holding this and releasing that and the biology of water and light, of tropisms and cellular regulations and mostly stuff I have absolutely no idea about. I kneel like this at the altar of beauty that for the moment puts a muzzle on my ignorance.
The liferaft was readied.
The liferaft was readied.
Oh, Poppy. I think opium and dens and the War on Drugs and a field in Flanders. And then I stop thinking.
Oh, Poppy. I think opium and dens and the War on Drugs and a field in Flanders. And then I stop thinking.
Body of Botany
Body of Botany
The unfurling. The crowning. The implausibility. The genius.
The unfurling. The crowning. The implausibility. The genius.
'I hate flowers- I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.' -Georgia O'Keefe
'I hate flowers- I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.'
-Georgia O'Keefe
This quotation surprised me, I'll admit.
All I can say is Ms. O'Keefe may never have tried to photograph a flower with a macro lens in the wind.
'Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time.' -Georgia O'Keefe
'Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time.'
-Georgia O'Keefe
Poppy bud, my friend
Say their name.
Say their name.
Oh, Poppy. Even like this you can seduce me from across the room.
Oh, Poppy. Even like this you can seduce me from across the room.
And I never imagined a poppy like this. Nor seeing it as such.
And I never imagined a poppy like this. Nor seeing it as such.