plainsong for Spring

floral embryos    placental earth
roots roiling and thrust of sap…
cantor sun    lunar priestess…
faint groans of growing    thrust of sap…
pulp exploding    fiber rending…
whirr of wings   twigs a-bending…
petals fetal    damp and warm…
growth of groaning   thrust of sap…
sun seducer   lunar languor,
silent mating   thrust of sap…
buds beg that bugs not bed…
north wind pruning    south protecting
thrust of growing   groan of sap…
day on day blooms unwinding    sun presiding
night on night  moon descending…
heat and mist   time amending…
blooms alluring    life unending…

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(c) Gregory V Driscoll  2012