This is brilliant Arthur, thanks for this lovely tribute to spring.
CW, Mary :O)
--- Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Clearing
>
> Loosened stones pattered like rain on leaves,
> chased before me down the gully
> and out into the pinning heat of noon.
>
> Meadow of knee-deep grass unfurled,
> swathed with yellow flowers,
> under the brassy sky.
> Cicadas chirred in the heat,
> roused to protest my intrusion.
>
> Not flowers! My trespass
> threw a jubilation of butterflies
> into the startled air.
> A golden storm that billowed over the meadow
> then settled back to bloom and fool again.
>
> I have left the meadow and their gilt careen
> long ways behind yet they have lit
> my hot and dusty roads for miles.
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