Riddle me this

Flowers and bumble bees -- they seem to go together, like words and poetry, yet is it just that simple? Or do we even associate their sounds? In this blogpost, we explore the ways poets play with the sounds of the things we see, and how it may affect us. Also -- why is it so lovely to touch a flower? More, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info

Amazement

If the thought of touching it
brought a tranquil shiver
to your heart -- like the idea
of placing your cool palm
around any one of these bees
that please themselves to dive
among its snowy tufts --
you should furnish courage,
reach aloft and vanquish
often hard-learned lots:
flowers were made for feeling,
and no rarer is the joy sprung
from amazement at softness
without fear of getting stung.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn

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