Verses of the peony

Verses of the peony


Go plant a ginkgo at my head,
a peony at my feet.

Remembered for a hundred years,
then forgotten bones and meat.

Except in verse that I now write,
a rhythm for your heart

that vibrates through the universe,
their virtues never lost.

Transformed into magnetic bits,
the glue that surely binds:

protons from me reverbs in you,
electrons from you in mine.

All writ upon an unkempt stone
snug by a stump of tree;

and blooming by my dusty feet,
one last pink peony.


Kåre Enga

catalogue number: [163.38]
4 april 2006

First posted in my blog entry of 5 april 06: "Henbit" 

Some peony links:
http://www.goldenport.com/peony/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peony
http://www.peony.com.au/ (Peony Lady of Australia)
http://www.peony-flower.com/ {Chinese)