Wild Lily Blogs

The third time the spring came in

she wore Laura Ashley with hues of mint,

a dash of thyme, that friend of mine,

and a hat with a hint of velvet.

She hung a flower on the wood wall,

and many more irises appeared

in purple and orange, the brightest colour

under the ten commandments.

Moses would engrave

your name

in a leather-bound Bible.

What prophet would I ask

to interpret the recession

and the subsequent poverty:

Moses or Samuel?

The next door neighbor lost his job,

his daughter joined a homeless camp,

my grandmother's second husband died

of Coronavirus,

my father could not leave a tip,

while I bought even more irises than before.

--Emily Isaacson