by sack
and i'm thinking with some lines moved around it should convey in a delicate sense. it has a different look with a twist. the rhyme isn't there as it once was. i may be missing something though. you'll have enlighten me. regardless, there is some nice imagery here........don
Featherweight spiders gliding
on gossamer wings
Tulip petals crying
Milkweed seeds flying
Fragile seashells lying
a lovely color sings
Newborn robins trying
while morning frost stings
once proud kings
another generation brings
Baby owls sighing
learning many things
Lovers' knots tying
heartfelt desire wrings!
I don't know which poetic element I liked the most. The rhythm or the rhyme. All seemed to be in order ~ and all's right with this beautiful rendering. Beautiful!
Appropriate title — the words have a light, delicate, singsong quality to them.
This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 37,000 poems.
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