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Friday 20th February 2026
Ten Poems about Daffodils
The most famous flowers in poetry must surely be William Wordsworth’s daffodils, expressing the surprise and delight of stumbling upon unexpected beauty.
And being beautiful is something that daffodils just can’t help… In this mini anthology we encounter a whole host of varieties, from “dainty white dancers” to “saffron flouncers”. Over and again the poems celebrate the flower’s gloriously jaunty yellow-ness, which seems to spell hope at a time when spring has barely got going.
The poems are guaranteed to gladden the heart, encouraging us to pay attention to the everyday splendour of this much-loved herald of spring.