ALPINE FLOWERS
Sweeter are the Alpine flowers,
say the sheep,
that spend the winter under snow,
only pushing their petals
above the parapet
when the pale light of spring
shows its face.
Showy summer flowers
haven't had to struggle to survive
as these ones do,
they'd wither and wilt
with one bad day,
one shower of hailstones
battering on their heads.
Hardy flowers have an extra edge,
a firmness to munch on
in spring meadows,
an extra flavour
that speaks of all the days
they almost didn't last,
to bloom above the biting snow.
©Roisin Duffy
TITLE: ALPINE FLOWERS
PRICE: €400
SIZE: 17" X 19"
ACRYLIC ON BOARD
WITH WHITE FRAME.
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