Empyreal Iris Poem by Harley White
Empyreal Iris
An Iris empyreal blooms above
in nebula's open cluster thereof
whose flower petals ethereal grew
like fleur-de-lis of a glorious blue
amongst the manifold meadows of stars
fluorescing the fields of heavens' afars.
In Cepheus constellation one views
this bright cosmic cloud of indigo hues,
which might evoke art by Vincent van Gogh,
the notable iris studies we know,
that painter whose works unheeded, unsold
are since his demise now grandly extolled.
This leads to the question of what has worth
plus how things are valued by us on earth.
Our planet of birth would certainly seem
to head the list of what we should esteem
as well as the life which has burgeoned here
on this tiny orbiting global sphere.
By rain and sunshine abundantly kissed
the blossoming irises just exist.
Personifying a rainbow in myth,
they may grace our gardens or forests with
spectacular splashes of color bright
much like the celestial nebula sight.
Might stellar cloud many light-years away
help waken us earthlings who've gone astray
to shed the shallow and seek the profound,
for myriad wonders are all around,
on land, in the seas, and the azure skies?
Would that the Iris could open our eyes!
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