Peonies at DuskWhite peonies blooming along the porchsend out lightwhile the rest of the yard grows dim.Outrageous flowers as big as humanheads! They’re staggeredby their own luxuriance: I hadto prop them up with stakes and twine.The moist air intensifies their scent,and the moon moves around the barnto find out what it’s coming from.In the darkening June eveningI draw a blossom near, and bending closesearch it as a woman searchesa loved one’s face.--Jane Kenyon
Love this Kenyon. Thank you.
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Peonies at Dusk
White peonies blooming along the porch
send out light
while the rest of the yard grows dim.
Outrageous flowers as big as human
heads! They’re staggered
by their own luxuriance: I had
to prop them up with stakes and twine.
The moist air intensifies their scent,
and the moon moves around the barn
to find out what it’s coming from.
In the darkening June evening
I draw a blossom near, and bending close
search it as a woman searches
a loved one’s face.
--Jane Kenyon
Love this Kenyon. Thank you.
Pretty
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