Three Poems for The New Year

Lucky New Year
Lucky the jasmine,
Among few to start blooming,
With the fresh new year.

Nuphar Lutea
Soft yellow freckles,
Standing tall and self-assured,
On capricious roots.

Deflowering
Fragrant spring blows in,
Wading through stigma to sow,
A most fertile style.

Vinicius G. Lindoso, communicator, writer, and poet, is based in Paris. Besides his full-time job, he co-authors with his wife “Dando o Fora“, a weekly newsletter (in Portugal) that helps people navigate the eternal impermanence of their personal and professional lives. He is on LinkedIn and Instagram.