“Rapturous”

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.