Bermudiana

Bermudiana In spring, I would romp about untethered Across the expanse, knee-deep in blue-eyed grass Like a filly in the field with spirit Among the purple Bermudiana. Longtails and cahows would swoop o’er the waves Of the majestic Atlantic briny air intake, And I would run on the pink sands of Horseshoe Bay And wear the skin off my feet on so gorgeous a day. And from the hills where cedar and palmettos bend, I’d hear vireos singing to their hearts’ content. On the islands of Bermuda, where Bermudiana flourish, From the Royal Naval Dockyard to Fort St. Catherine. *** Note: The Bermudiana (Sisyrinchium bermudiana) is a perennial spring bloomer endemic to Bermuda and is the country’s national flower.