DPF / Levine

More flowers. This one’s in American Poets, The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring-Summer 2014. And, it’s from his book, The Mercy. More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/philip-levine

from Northern Motive / by Philip Levine b. 1928

little, delicate white jump-ups that open for
only a few hours, live their lives, turn to dust
before the day ends