The Politics of Spring

The Politics of Spring

Carolyn Morris-Collier

Juvenile periwinkles leaflet the roots
Of a densely dimpled trunk
With creamy colossal mushrooms
Piled in protest along its ridges

Pale youngling petals campaign heavenward
As blushed fairy skirt blossoms deliberately prance  
And wispy budding branches provoke a glassy pond
Hurriedly braided twigs beckon you brightly  

Along a path speckled with mischievously huddled berries
Where resolute phallic fuzzies pierce the sky
Crimped magenta tulips clutch disruptive secrets
While optimism ravages through innocent daffodils

A fading sapphire sigil crests
Ancient uneven walls that surround
Stone gates outlined by stubbornly tangled vines
With pillars of oath-winged lionesses who know this magic well

All of Worcester Gardens quietly humming familiar spirituals
As they bustle with the toils of revolution
Committed to the labour of re-enchanting their plot
And collectively casting the defiant spells of Genesis

Conviviality and merry-making loom
Hearkening age-old botanical promises
Which annually overthrows the curse
Of my lingering cynicism

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Carolyn Morris-Collier
Poet

Carolyn is a master's student at the University of Oxford studying migration in the international development department. You can read more of her writing on her Substack, The Green Door: https://thegreendoor.substack.com/. 

Photography by Hasan Almasi