Last year, in memory of something
or in anticipation of something

(both being loss), I planted
one hundred daffodil bulbs,

buried them one at a time
in the newly turned earth.

Now they are February’s yellow
budding of absurd, enduring hope.

Moyra Donaldson

 

Moyra Donaldson is a poet and creative writing facilitator living in Northern Ireland. She has published six collections of poetry, most recently Selected Poems (Liberties Press 2012) and The Goose Tree (Liberties Press 2014).

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