azure displaces azure in the summers' day by day
dream brimmed, rose trimmed remember when
lime leafed stretching farther away
than a heart could reach now
and formal, as though we were surrounded
by borders of the art noveau
and wreathed in flowers, county fair
or honey golden home and drop by drop or
fourth of july flared soda fountain shared
and the honeycomb is wrought
was wrought as if jeweled by junes
beyond compare so cream and clover rich.
what will it take to find you lime leafed
in the shade again of vanished backyard trees
and strawberry festival free in the let's pretend
as we were then
waiting for the storybook recitals
and the grandfathers naming the constellations
and the scarlet maples so far off
in the sheep clouded distances
and the neighborhood skies:
pastels shading into
the dusk of carports,
sheet music learned and relearned
the gardenia furling songs.
mary angela douglas 28 may 2017
dream brimmed, rose trimmed remember when
lime leafed stretching farther away
than a heart could reach now
and formal, as though we were surrounded
by borders of the art noveau
and wreathed in flowers, county fair
or honey golden home and drop by drop or
fourth of july flared soda fountain shared
and the honeycomb is wrought
was wrought as if jeweled by junes
beyond compare so cream and clover rich.
what will it take to find you lime leafed
in the shade again of vanished backyard trees
and strawberry festival free in the let's pretend
as we were then
waiting for the storybook recitals
and the grandfathers naming the constellations
and the scarlet maples so far off
in the sheep clouded distances
and the neighborhood skies:
pastels shading into
the dusk of carports,
sheet music learned and relearned
the gardenia furling songs.
mary angela douglas 28 may 2017
