Month: September 2023

Effervescence,As if to tease,Is a wordBubble-ing over with e’s. It ends and begins with e,E’s at stem and stern,And three e’en between,E’s appearing in precise returns. E’s total numbers five, and, by fate,Doubly divided and spaced evenlyBy four sets of consonants eight,Aligned in perfect symmetry. It is singly, doubly, trippily,A quaddity and a quintidity,An epitome… Continue reading Effervescence

Two sounds we dread with a pain raw and max:The screams of a chain saw, chop of an ax. If you think that we are woodenly mute,Hist! we cry out, each, from leaf, limb, and fruit. In winter when wind in our branches moans,See! green in needles, kernels in our koans. Smell! ponder the roses,… Continue reading Intimations of Sentience Overheard from Evergreens in a Forest Pristine