Poetry by Ann Perrin - Poems read by the Author.

The Oleander


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The Oleander

We found it in Albi,
no gentle sketch
but boldly painted
bright and blowzy
heady with scent,
out for a good time.

In London.

loving the culture
pink petals
flirted with passers by
revelled in attention
posed for pictures.

Uprooted to Brighton

in a white fleece shroud
it faltered
leaves fell
naked boughs mourned
sensing life had passed.

Two years later

in a new pot
on a south facing wall
tiny green shoots emerge,
pink blossoms
show their party faces.

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