Wet plates of brainy salad
stalling amongst stale French Verbs
The severed heads of Queens
rot alongside the Thames
Sullen rain for the beavered
stuttering in its grief
The pretence of concentration
gapples with flames fury
amongst dusty books
Categories:
beavered, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go
from freezing to spring's winsome reign.
Birds entertain us with their song,
they trill and chirp so high, so low,
and fill the skies where'er we go,
their sweet refrains gone for so long.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the rippling rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow;
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow.
Categories:
beavered, nature,
Form: Quatrain
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go
from freezing to spring's winsome reign.
Birds entertain us with their song,
they trill and chirp so high, so low,
and fill the skies where'er we go,
their sweet refrains gone for so long.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the rippling rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow;
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow.
Categories:
beavered, nature,
Form: Verse
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go
from freezing to spring's winsome reign.
Birds entertain us with their song,
they trill and chirp so high, so low,
and fill the skies where'er we go,
their sweet refrains gone for so long.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the rippling rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow;
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow.
Categories:
beavered, nature,
Form: Verse
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go
from freezing to spring's winsome reign.
Birds entertain us with their song,
they trill and chirp so high, so low,
and fill the skies where'er we go,
their sweet refrains gone for so long.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the rippling rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow;
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rain squalls, spattered snow.
Categories:
beavered, nature,
Form: Verse
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rainsqualls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go,
the sun shall sing its sweet refrain.
The birds and beasts cannot be wrong
to trill and chirp, so high, so low,
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rainsqualls, spattered snow.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the streaming rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow.
Beasts and birds the sunrise shall sustain,
forever shall the earth remain in brightness.
Categories:
beavered, nature, earth,
Form: Rondeau
A Rondeau - inspired by Richard Wilbur
No longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rainsqualls, spattered snow,
for we shall with the crocus go,
the sun shall sing its sweet refrain.
The birds and beasts cannot be wrong
to trill and squeal, so high, so low,
no longer shall the earth remain
with wintry rainsqualls, spattered snow.
Nor shall the beavered dams detain
the streaming rivers' allegretto,
they shall flow where they must flow.
Beasts and birds the sunrise shall sustain,
no longer shall the earth remain in darkness.
Categories:
beavered, natureearth,
Form: Rondeau