Fibonacci 47. February 16, 2011 Amayrillis II, Revised

All of the amaryllis photos on this post and the earlier post were taken by Jennifer Flowers.


 Jennifer's Amaryllis II
1     She
1     said,
2     after my
3     first amaryllis poem,
5     that she got it for
8     Christmas, one bulb and a thimble's worth of
13   dirt. She planted and watered, and soon a peek of green appeared.

1   The
1   stem
2   shot up.
3   Buds developed, and
5   then it blossomed all unexpectedly,
8   voluptuously, vibrant pink, commanding its space and everything
13 nearby. She took a hundred fifty photographs in search of the best angle.

1    But
1    every
2    angle was
3    as beautiful as

5    the one before.  And then

8    the lower flowers bloomed.  Surprise! More beauty!

 

1    Kandinsky

1    said

 2   absorption is

 3   the last happiness --

5    and every baby picking up

8    peas with first finger and thumb proves absorption

13  is the first happiness as well.  The trick is holding to that knowledge.

1    Jennifer
1    planted
2    an amaryllis --
3    her Christmas present! --
5   and when it bloomed she
8   discovered what Kandinsky and every baby already know.

1   A
1   surfeit
2   of beauty
3   brings forth
5   a surfeit of unbridled absorption.

1    How
1    to
2    choose perfection?
2    Each is perfection.

1    And
1    those
2    small secondary
3    buds at the
5    bottom more beautiful than the first.

1    Glory
1     be.
                                                                              by Mary Cartledgehayes; photos by Jennifer Flowers