Reel Around the Sun {wee seedling}

“So cold a winter it’s been, friend, and I’ve

Not seen the sun so many dreary months.”

“Away w’ me, good friend! Away, away

For wild a reel around the sun!

We’ll need no drop to drink nor crumb to eat:

The stars are feast enough! A fine good ship

Of ebony made, sails of dragon’s wings

Sewn, helm of trusty-tempered steel. Off, off!

Off we fly, friend, for wild a reel around the sun!”

{inspired by Reel Around the Sun by Bill Whalen. Three very good versions I love are by Twelve Girls Band, The Gardyne Chamber Ensemble, and the original song on the Riverdance album.}

Haiku

Haiku #Summertime

Summer wind in trees

Green-winged butterflies trapped in

A black, crooked cage.

Haiku #Wintertime

Crystal claws grasp roofs,

Your wicked spells everywhere,

You beauty, you witch.

Haiku #Miscellaneous 1

Snatched sunlight, gathered

With essence of spring flowers

All in a tea-bag.

Haiku #Miscellaneous 2

Glue binds book leaves to

Leather limbs, forming the door

To another world.

Memory whistles to me this Winter Day

Last summer, when the days
Stretched themselves out a-mornings,
Yawned, chased, yielded and heeled beside the sun.
Pools lapped, pleaded,
'Til late evenings, circling, finally curled about themselves.
Stars
winked and swished their tails
and waited to Pounce.