Birds and Flowers. ( III part and end ) William Carlos Williams

 

III

Nothing is lost! the white
shellwhite
glassy, linenwhite, crystalwhite
crocuses with orange centers
the purple crocus with
an orange center, the yellow
crocus with a yellow center —

That which was large but
seemed spent of
power to fill the world with
its wave of splendor is
overflowing again into every
corner —

Though the eye
turns inward, the mind
has spread its embrace — in
a wind that
roughs the stiff petals —
More! the particular flower is
blossoming . . .