Yellow Flowers

April 25, 2024

If I could pluck

yellow petals swaying casually

on a field of Mars

if I could tally Vincentโ€™s stars

record their names in coloured chalk

on newly laid pavers beneath unshod feet

would you hold this fragile me

gently, your arms soft as thistledown

Marilyn Humbert

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern suburbs of Sydney NSW Australia. Her Tanka and Haiku appear in many international and Australian journals, anthologies and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions and some have been published.

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