Saturday, October 11, 2025

After Raphael Valentine

The sureness of the hand
That painted these tulips
All of April there
In a row that blue after rain
Washes all their colors out 
Caught in that moment
Their pale complexions
Turn faces into cups 
You can feel the flexing
Of their rubbery leaves 
Your fingers reaching  
I bow to read the name
Of this immortal master
Emma seven years old 

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