Fogwood [edit3]

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Fogwood


March Carolina dogwoods
float popcorn-blossomed
between dew-grassed earth
and misty sailcloth sky

as if trees were fountaining
whiteful joy from slender trunks
through boughs and branches deep
into breath-held overlay

or bashful Sun cascaded
flowers down each laden stem
freshly nourishing
this ancient newborn world.

edit2;

March Carolina dogwoods
float popcorn-blossomed
between dew-grassed earth
and vague sailcloth sky

as if trees were fountaining
whiteful joy from upright trunks
through boughs and branches deep into
a breath-held overlay

or bashful Sun cascaded
flowers down each laden stem
radiantly nourishing
this ancient newborn world.

edit1;

March Carolina dogwoods
popcorn-blossomed float between
dew-grassed sighing earth
and foggy sailcloth sky.

It’s as if trees were spraying
whiteful joy from upright trunks
through boughs and branches deep into
a breath-held overlay

or bashful Sun cascaded flowers
into each laden swelling stem
brightly nursing, nourishing
this ancient newborn world.

original version;

March Carolina dogwoods
popcorn-blossomed spew between
dew-grassed lemon-crocused earth
and foggy sailcloth sky.

It’s as if trees were spraying
whiteful joy from upright trunks
through boughs and branches deep into
a breath-held overlay

or bashful Sun cascading flowers
into each laden swelling stem
brightly nursing, nourishing
this ancient newborn world.