Tuesday, 21 August 2018

perforce

so when my verses cut the wind, 
and sent it rankling in the trees,
perforce they finally shed their leaves;
and then, and only then, did i see
deep, deeper o the shankle woods,
and soft upon those russet words
did tread ever so lightly,
before i dared and tiptoed in.

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