TeringBos
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| Miss Creant: Die Teringbos (Hat tip to One LookWord of the Day, March 8, 2012; Mark Tobey and the toby fish, and to The Sea Rose, by Hilda Doolittle) |
Rose, harsh rose,
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,
marred and with stint of petals,
meagre flower, thin,
sparse of leaf,
more precious
than a wet rose
single on a stem—
you are caught in the drift.
than a wet rose
single on a stem—
you are caught in the drift.
