A favorite from Ted Kooser:
The Bluet
Of all the flowers, the bluet has
the sweetest name, two syllables
that form on the lips, then fall
with a tiny, raindrop splash
into a suddenly bluer morning.
I offer you mornings like that,
fragrant tiny blue blossoms–
each with four petals, each with a star
at its heart. I would give you whole fields
of wild perfume if only
you could be mine, if you were not–
like the foolish bluet (also called
Innocence) – always holding your face
to the fickle, careless, fly by kiss
of the Clouded Sulphur Butterfly.
Bluet image from Hilton Pond
Oh that sweet little flower!
Lovely. I wish I’d heard about Poem in Your Pocket Day sooner — I’d have loved doing that with my students.
*sniffle!*
It’s the cutest little flower. Makes me smile.
Thanks for sharing The Poem In Your Pocket. Lovely choice. I came over via Bobbie.
Peace.