A World Without Flowers Poem by Christopher Tye

A World Without Flowers

Imagine a world without flowers,
No scent carried on the night air,
No bumble bees flying erratically,
Humming birds gone the way of the dodo.

English cottage gardens left only in pictures,
Olde English violet and lavender no more,
Hollyhocks and lupins conspicuous by their absence,
No more summer evenings enjoying the pastel palette.

Imagine history with-out the rose,
Shakespeare's work so much poorer with out it,
The war of the roses wouldn't sound the same,
Turkish delight not so delightfully tasty.

A world so much poorer just for one thing,
Flowers give us so much in so many areas,
Even comedy would be poorer if you think about it,
Dame Edna without her gladioli just wouldn't be the same.

By Christopher Tye