We have not had a good day today so I wanted a poem
that would make me feel better. There are no buttercups
out just now but there are drifts of celandines everywhere,
with the glorious daffodils singing alongside. Celandines
make anyone feel better being so tiny and so determined
to shine in amongst the hard worn grasses.
BUTTERCUP IN FROZEN
Twice
In one night,
I thought I saw
A buttercup,
Shining
In the middle
Of a field
Of frozen snow,
But I was wrong.
It wasn’t a buttercup,
It was love.
Small enough
To be overlooked.
Big enough
To change the world.
© 2020 Gwen Grant
Poems by Gwen Grant 