Short Blackthorn Poems
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A wise old oak, the image of a long dead god.
Staves of mystery and fate, nine horses all unshod.
Ancient youthful rays, a gray stone palisade.
A sword that has scarce drawn blood, blackthorn and a bit of nightshade.
Now I see it black,
black with a tinge of plum
hinting at sloe fruit
to come.
Soon it will be white,
white blossom dazzling
from roadside and woods
telling us of spring.
It offers hope,
hope of hosting
many creatures
within its thicket home,
well defended by its
black thorns.
Spring Tanka
the scented blackthorn
bursting into sudden bloom -
new life emerges
and the slowly warming earth
nourishes temperate spring
For the Spring Time Tanka Contest
by M. L. Kiser
Syllables counted by howmanysyllables.com
a cage made of silver coloured wires
a metal weave and knots
that together have made a bell
the shape so like has no hammer
but a tiny door closed with
a piece of blackthorn
inside a slim branch hangs
from two thin silver
chains. it swings. slow
and without sound as
the bird was imagined
and so was the song.
Feb-ru-ary –
Snow-white blossom,
Winter hedgerow shining.
Now September –
Hedgerow harvest:
Sloe-black, slow, black,
Black fruit with purple bloom.
Sloe gin, slow, gin,
Let the alchemy begin.
Blackthorn, black fruit,
Steeped in finest London gin.
Locked in Kilner
In dark cupboard.
Wait till dark December ......
Ruby colour,
Rich aroma.
Delicious sip,
Post-prandial
Christmas dinner nip.
Mike Jones
25 August 2014