From dry fragile still
fragrant yellow-
green stalks & leaves placed
between the descent
of winter & the locust tree
in flower stems
the scent of spring.
NB: Just got word that this little poem has been selected for the anthology Visiting Dr. Williams: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of William Carlos Williams to be published by the University of Iowa Press in 2011. Good news received on this sunny spring Monday after Easter Sunday celebrated with a large gathering of friends at our "Milk and Honey" house.*
*So named by us because Meligalas means meli(honey) and gala(milk).
Wonderful! I shall reserve a bookmark in its honor....
ReplyDeleteKudos, Vassilis, and well deserved.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Vassilis!
ReplyDeletemuch applause
ReplyDeleteand congratulations,
Vassilis!
it's little
only in the number of
words it packs;
well deserved
indeed.
Dear friends,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the generosity of spirit you sent my way!
........it was just what the good doc Williams would have ordered had he been the prescribing physician!
ReplyDeletekudos for being included in the anth / even more for a fine poem
ReplyDeleteDear Drew,
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for the kind words from what used to be "my favorite neck of the woods"! And thanks again for staying on board the DNL Express!