“Rapturous”
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Faith Allington created “Rapturous” from “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield (1922). Please click here to read.
About the poem and the process of composing it, Faith Allington writes:
This piece was constructed from fragments and lines in Katherine Mansfield’s short story. But while I used words in sequential order, I tried to create an entirely new narrative of an affair with its attendant rapture, longing, and loss. The flowers served as a metaphor for the frightening, out-of-control blooming.