QBARS - v23n1 'Pink Pearl'

"Pink Pearl" or
"How I Arrived at Full Circle"


The drums did roll! The pipes did skirl!


I discovered "Pink Pearl"!


I "arrived"!



For this affair I won't atone


I fell for 'reds' - "Earl of Athlone",


"Unknown Warrior", "Cavalcade",


"Mars" and "Leo" on parade!


I'd "arrived"!



The yellow rhodies 'got' me next


"Virginia Scott" - "Marcia' - "Crest"!


I'd "arrived"!



The species bug then caught me napping;


With their names my lips were flapping


Taliense, calophytum,


Macrophyllum, impeditum,


Fortunei, yakushimanum,


Makinoi, kiusianum!


I'd "arrived"!



S.O.P. is hybridizing,


Starting off with pollinizing;


Counting chromosomes and scales;


Watching seedlings grow like snails,


Waiting for that breathless hour


When "my masterpiece" would flower!


I'd "arrived"!



But now as I stare down the rows,


I turn away and hold my nose!


They may be growing as they should


But now "Pink Pearl" looks awfully good!


- Marjorie Baird