by José Stelle
Green shoots split open
Last year’s constructs
Of horse and cow:
Fine filaments,
They rise like Astroturf
Through the brown mounds.
In the new air,
Prickly with light,
Everything conspires
To break ground.
It’s official --
The Daughter of Zeus
Has made her round.
1 comment:
"Last year’s constructs / Of horse and cow" - great, and surprising, stuff. The effect is different, but the technique reminds me of 18th-century poems, like Pope's "Windsor Castle."
"Everything conspires / To break ground" - another great pair of lines.
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