Rhodora (Acrostic Poem) Poem by Ferdinand L Quintos

Name poem

RHODORA

Reminiscence takes me often
__back in my old garden,
Here a tiny rare plant did grow
__in ways I still know,
Oozed with dewy beauty as in
__the east day dawned again,
Displayed buds that burst but wilted
__before the day ended,
Overnight its pep once more zoomed
__and anew next day bloomed,
Right attitude, I think, that shows
__how life on this earth flows,
All we need is faith in His plan
__laid out since time began.
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(Rhodora, according to Wikipedia, is a flowering plant, a section of the subgenus Pentanthera in the genus Rhododendron. The accompanying photo illustrates the flower.
When I was young I saw a crawling plant bearing flowers similar to the one in the photo. We called it Rhodora, sometimes Vietnam Rose. Its flowers, dark red, bloom in the early morning and wilt towards close of day, but come back fresh next day.)

© FLQ March 30,2014