ABOUT A DAFFODIL - A Poem By Giles Kelly

The daffodil I passed just now 

Looked so neat and sweet 

Bright yellow in a patch of green 

I would have passed her by

With satisfaction,

Had not just then,

She swayed and waved

In much beguiling ways

As if to say, Hey “look at me.”

And indeed, I did.

I stopped and smiled.

And said, “Hello, I see you."

To that she danced a little.

And in me stirred

A pang of love.

— GK 2018 

Giles Kelly is a retired U.S. diplomat and has written extensively on nautical and travel subjects. With his wife, photographer Ann Stevens Kelly, an NCAGC garden club member, he has authored Sequoia Presidental Yacht. His latest book, co-authored with his wife, is Diplomatic Gardens of Washington, is an exclusive look at gardens rarely seen by the public, behind the embassy walls of Washington, D.C. Click here FMI