Wednesday, March 6, 2013

March 5, 2013 Revised Pantoum


Winter Ends 

Whites, ghost grays and stark blacks
Pennsylvanian winter
Iced-over river cracks
Icicles drop, splinter 

Pennsylvanian winter
Trees bold black silhouettes
Icicles drop, splinter
Ill-tempered gray-cloud threats 

Trees bold black silhouettes
Snow crunches underfoot
Ill-tempered gray cloud threats
Coal fires scatter soot 

Snow crunches underfoot
Wet cold chills to the bones
Coal fires scatter soot
Crows caw in raucous tones

Wet cold chills to the bones
Icy stream struggles free
Crows caw in raucous tones
Earth and sun disagree  

Icy stream struggles free
Days begin to grow long
Earth and sun disagree
Spring sings its hopeful song 

Days begin to grow long
Buds slyly form anew
Spring sings its hopeful song
Grass and tulips pokes through

Buds slyly form anew
Sky blues and greens replace
Grass and tulips pokes through
Waters quicken their pace 

Sky blues and greens replace
Whites, ghost grays and stark blacks
Waters quicken their pace
Iced-over river cracks

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