Petals

Famous quotes containing the word petals:

“the petals creak and
begin to rise.
They rise and recurl
to a bud’s form
and clamp shut.
I wait in the dark.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“The sun that leaps on petals through a nought,
The come a-cropper rider of the flower.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“Which shore?
Agh, petals maybe. How
should I know?
Which shore? Which shore?
I said petals from an appletree.”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)