HM Holten

Tempestuous Tulip

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Flower of love and of greed and of scorn

Perfect, enduring, a symbol ignored

Crown for a ruler or madness for Dutch

Raised to the heavens and dropped into dust

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Emblem of paradise, supporting the poor

Spread from the seeds or the bulbs to increase

Wealth and the prospects of royal delights

Vintage or modern or ancient and wise

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Tempests abounded and spun out their fate

Triumph and Rembrandt grew early and late

Apricot parrots and lily flowered wonders

Medleys and hybrids and singles and groups

Vied for a space on a tulip mad globe

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© HMH, 2021

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4 responses to “Tempestuous Tulip”

  1. Anna avatar
    Anna

    Beautiful!!

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    1. Hanne H avatar
      Hanne H

      Thank you, Anna! 🥰

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  2. Debi+Ennis+Binder avatar
    Debi+Ennis+Binder

    …a tulip mad globe. Isn’t that the truth! I once worked at a federal building in Alexandra, VA and I swear they put more into the ring of tulips around the flag that they did anywhere else there. But they were bright red-orange and so beautiful. Your poem reminds me of the history of a wee plant, how valuable it has been in the past. They’re sure one of my favorites. Thanks, Hanne!

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    1. Hanne H avatar
      Hanne H

      Thanks for your kind words, Debi!
      Tulips have their own allure. They are beautiful and have certainly stirred human emotions.

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