Poet’s Showcase: ‘The Soul’s Garden’

Red poppies
Awakening from a
Sleeping song —

White peonies
Opening to a lotus
Bloom,

Purple asters
Kissing the early
Morning sky —

Green grass
Bouncing, dancing
With the breeze —

Bluebells
Tipping their palms
To touch the earth —

Orange lilies
Signifying the healing of
Death and rebirth —

A floral choir
Singing in the garden
Of my soul.

— Stephanie Ann Barrows lives in Lawrence.