Floral Week

Tulip Mania

A poem for my garland, welcoming the second half of 2020

Petals as colourful as rainbows linking cultures from Ottoman rule and bulbmania, to fields filled with joy.

The poet Tapan Avasthi inspired this poem. He said that in India, guests are welcomed with flower garlands, and prompts us poets to welcome the second half of 2020, a year that has seen so much tragedy, with a garland of floral poetry of hope. I like that idea. So, for the first seven days of July, I’m sharing flower power poetry in #floralweek. Are you in? If you want to join in, follow the guidelines beneath this poem by Tapan:

My floral poetry garland so far:

You may also like this poem by Susannah MacKinnie:

Or this one by Sam Kimberle:

My poem is a tritriplicata. If you like to know more about that poetic form, here is the ultimate tritriplicata FAQ: