Dear Curiosity Journal,
The sunflowers are blooming across the farm, so this morning I’ll share a poem for them.
To The Sunflower
by Yone Noguchi
How sad we have to cling to experience!
Marvel of thy every atom burning of life,
How fully thou livest!
Didst thou ever think to turn to cold and shadow?
Passionate liver of sunlight,
Symbol of youth and pride;
Thou art a lyric of thy soaring colour;
Thy voicelessness of song is action.
What absorption of thy life’s meaning.
Wonder of thy consciousness,—
Mighty sense of thy existence!
Wonder of thy consciousness,—
Mighty sense of thy existence!
