Pagosa Springs Artists

Poppy Fire

 

I never see Georgia O'Keef's
oriental poppies without seeing
those blossoms as flares. Bursts
of orange fire against a cobalt sky
suddenly squirted into a black night,
giant explosions rocketed above
our dark fields and stacked city
geometrics, their razzle shattering
small hopes, dazzling earthbound
expectations.

published in Bellowing Ark

 

©2009 Bonnie Manion

 
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