White Peonies~

One of my favorite flowers accompanied by one of my favorite poems and poets~

Peonies At Dusk~

"White peonies blooming along the porch
send out light
while the rest of the yard grows dim.
Outrageous flowers as big as human
heads! They're staggered
?by their own luxuriance: I had?
to prop them up with stakes and twine.
The moist air intensifies their scent,?
and the moon moves around the barn?
to find out what it's coming from.
In the darkening June evening?
I draw a blossom near, and bending close
?search it as a woman searches?
a loved one's face."
~Jane Kenyon