Passion flowers entwine the orange trees -- Gay buds nod and whisper in the breeze. Peacocks flaunt along the dewy grass, And ivory carvers kowtow as they pass. Blue kingfishers sing in almond trees, A speckled trout swims in a jade-green pool. A vagrant butterfly sways, poised on wing, And drowsy children seek the shadows cool. Fireflies flicker in the tallow trees -- "Lamps of mercy" shedding their faint light. Where dwarf oaks, on prayerful knees, Pay homage to arbutus fair and bright. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOCTURNE IN A MINOR KEY by CONRAD AIKEN YOUNG BLOOD by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH WOODSMOKE AT 70 by HAYDEN CARRUTH POETS ARE BORN NOT MADE by ROBERT FROST NOT OUR GOOD LUCK by ROBINSON JEFFERS |