One of the first things we noticed when we arrived at our cabin…
besides a chillness in the air…
was the purple color on the ground…asters blooming everywhere.
With roses, daisies, sunflowers, orchids, tulips and lilies too,,,
it’s been difficult for the aster to receive the praise she’s due.
But in the Fall when many of her better known flowers fail to survive
this is when the aster and her beauty comes alive.
We see her purple hue along the roads, the rivers and the trees
adding beauty to the countryside…she’s the last source of pollen for the bees.
Legend tells us the Goddess Astraea…from her throne up in the sky
when she saw there were no stars upon the Earth…she began to cry.
Her tears rained down upon the Earth during Autumn’s time of year
and, as if by magic, asters sprouted from her tears.
So as this year progresses…as Fall we’re about to greet
I think it’s time the aster takes her place among the flower elite.
For when most flowers are gone…the aster can be found
blooming, to Astraea’s delight,
as little stars upon the ground.
Categories:
astraea, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Astraea
The Starry One
While they slept
she folded up
her two sisters
between two great wings
holding them tight
like she was protecting them
on the LA Metro Red Line.
The next day
nothing happened to them
while they walked to work.
A few feathers fell
which others
picked up and slid
into purses, pockets
or hair.
She awoke
in an empty warehouse-
Los Angeles Street-
and waits,
nearly bound, struck by daylight,
no longer a star-
barely a goddess.
Categories:
astraea, angel, family, hero,
Form: Free verse
Cointreau broke Gluino
Thanatos shall be reconciled
White wine jumped Saxion
Hymenaios was cold
Campari hunted Higgs
Thetis shall be cut down
Anisette haunted Neutrino
Pan was enjoyed
Amaretto hated Boson
Astraea shall be calm
Cinnamon Schnapps camped Plekton
Apollo was seduced
Port peeled Proton
Uranus is comfortable
Brandy learned Plasmons
Oceanids shall be impetuous
Categories:
astraea, addiction, atheist, dream, innocence,
Form: Free verse