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Visiting the Garden
Winter is gone
The sun is out
I open right up
I come right out.
My bright red complexion
My powerful aroma
Creatures come to see me,
Without a doubt.
They know my smell
They know my name
They know what I am
Not ever a doubt.
Every year I am the same,
But they always change.
Till next year my friends
Please stay the same.
I feel you looking
I never move, always still
Frozen like a rock.
I am as bright as a flame
And catch the shining sun.
You’re drawn to me
Like a moth is to a light.
I can be a slew of colors,
But my stem is always green.
My stem is short
With my added itsy-bitsy leaves
But my flower is mighty.
I will shine bright
As long as you gaze.
Publication Date
Summer 2021
Keywords
University of Southern Maine Art Department, book arts, student work, painting, poetry
Disciplines
Art and Design | Arts and Humanities | Book and Paper | Poetry
Recommended Citation
Guptil, Ryan, "Visiting the Garden by Ryan Guptil" (2021). ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/art-rsp-299/7
