Sunday, March 15, 2015

26. Thereby hangs a tale

Shallow March suns
begin to stir:
Tall told tales
of tails;
the lambs
of spring gambol
in branches
of hazel.
Kattekins*
purring into the air,
their dust
invading the wind
planting for tomorrow.
*catkins – old Dutch ‘kattekins’ meaning kitten

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