Per Ardua


from the ABC set Walled Garden

In this glade, some nod, as ancient bluebells do;
May billows tease a unison of tremors, fillip

light and shadow. Ingenues, shoulders bare,
quiver in their debutante layers; seasonal

lanceolate skirts frisked by paw, claw and foot,
disgorged naive from burrow, bank, set.

Underground, a choir swells in rhizome, corm, tuber;
woodwind voices' quiet spread in loam rich earth.

Crowd control, a parasol, of Elm, Ash and Oak;
all deadlines set before judiciary of Yew.

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edit 26.07.10

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Comments

maggyvaneijk | May 10, 2010 - 21:29

you have an amazing talent for detail, this poem is almost a collection of words that work together so well.

lenchenelf | May 11, 2010 - 14:20

Thanks for reading Maggy, much appreciated atb Lena xx