Saturday, July 11, 2026

Moonflower (Ipomoea alba): A Poem





White moonflower, silver, spectral

garden ghost, tendrils curling

intertwining wooden post:

I hear you calling, lilting lulling. 


Une cloche blanche, keeping time

my time in moon phase and stargaze

and lightning bugs' pulsing rays, 

and your time whispered, aglow. 


Like untwisting pearlescent sheets of lightest silk,

with dewy, heavy floral scent 

on green twirling stems, I abide by your bell.

I come and listen to midnight stories only you can tell.