Wind And Flowers

//wind and flowers

WIND AND FLOWERS PANTOUM
MAY 19, 1997 BRONZE HONORABLE MENTION
The sweet May roses scent the air.
Maverick breezes ripple trees,
wind blows rose-fragrance everywhere.
The sun gilds dancing birch tree leaves.

Maverick breezes ripple trees,
firethorn looks laden down with snow.
The sun gilds dancing birch tree leaves
like tinsel with its silver glow.

Firethorn looks laden down with snow,
with bridal-like, billowy bloom.
Like tinsel with its silver glow,
the birch tree gleams, a joyous groom.

With bridal-like, billowy bloom,
the white blossoms a rose enclose.
The birch tree gleams, a joyous groom.
For sacrament: this crimson rose.

The white blossoms a rose enclose.
Wind blows rose-fragrance everywhere.
For sacrament: this crimson rose.
The sweet May roses scent the air.

by Elizabeth Southwood, May 10, 1997