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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHOST-FLOWERS (MONOTROPA UNIFLORA), by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON
First Line: In shining groups, each stem a pearly ray
Last Line: Forget the vows made in that cloistered nook.
Alternate Author Name(s): Potter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Flowers
First Line: In shining groups, each stem a pearly ray
Last Line: Forget the vows made in that cloistered nook.
Alternate Author Name(s): Potter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Flowers
IN shining groups, each stem a pearly ray,
Weird flecks of light within the shadowed wood,
They dwell aloof, a spotless sisterhood.
No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay,
Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day
Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood.
A touch will mar their snow, and tempests rude
Defile; but in the mist fresh blossoms stray
From spirit-gardens just beyond our ken.
Each year we seek their virgin haunts, to look
Upon new loveliness, and watch again
Their shy devotions near the singing brook;
Then, mingling in the dizzy stir of men,
Forget the vows made in that cloistered nook.
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