Aging Relics
The hollyhock is fashionable
in leftover attitude, her style
worn more than once and simply
widespread. These days she’s domestic
a diva keeping her dated flair tupper-
wared and available.
Multi-coloured and petalled,
she looks groovy
wallpapered against aluminium.
Thin is still in. Never hippie
she’s theatrical in belated O’Leary—
a turning on of weeds, a tuning in
to any conversation. Openly bi-annual
she’s a long-lasting hustler,
the straight-haired sixties stem,
perpetually pawned in the wind.
3 comments:
Hey Tracy,
It goes without saying that this series is intriguing/amusing - but one of the things I especially like about it is that the tone is very different from poem to poem. This one sounds very different from the one devoted to hops, for instance...
These lines especially appealed:
"a diva keeping her dated flair tupper-
wared and available."
and
"Openly bi-annual
she’s a long-lasting hustler,
the straight-haired sixties stem,
perpetually pawned in the wind."
Fun!
Thanks Ariel. I'm glad they're sounding different, because that's one of the things I'm trying to do--give them each their own distinctive personality.
More from Flora's Lexicon (1860):
"All the world knows this suberb plant, which is supposed to be a native of China, or rather of Syria, whence it is said to have been brought to Europe in the time of the crusades. From its extreme fecundity in the production of flowers it has been made the emblem of fruitfulness."
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