Daffodil – a Poem from Aline Page

 

Daffodil

 

Golden orb trembling,

Moved by minuscule breeze,

Humming with sunny vitality,

Harnessing, seizes the day.

 

Ridged curvaceous petals and leaves unfurled,

Flanking fluted trumpet firmly projects,

Frilly-edged, heralding the presence

Of warm bounteous ceraceous haven within.

 

Stamen centred and protected,

Pollen carpeted and coated anthers beckon,

Welcoming clambering bugs and bees,

Fine-haired, buzzing as proboscis tease

To release deep-seated scented nectar.

 

The gently swaying arced sturdy stem

Vibrates as it bridges invisible space,

Conveying movement around its ribbed circumference,

Signalling and sending today’s data to its core.

 

Lubricated within by gelatinous curtains,

Flowing with nourishing sappy secretions,

That surround the tapered hollow interior.

 

Sun-drenched particles quantum mechanically bend,

Bounce and zigzag, traverse this tubular pipe-path,

Amplifying energy transference at the speed of light,

Gathering, magnifying in the snugly buried bulbous base.

 

Stored, utilised and radially transmitted

Via expanding matrix rooted networks,

Exploring damp, clumpy, lumpy soil, bacteria,

Chemically enriching gaseous exchanges,

That fuel life enhancing pulsating possibilities, potentiality.