It's Still Life

And Once Again It’s …

spring-kissed hills of old perfume, my
songster heart’s light as sky’s own blue.
Long whisper tunes through cedar trees,
Midas torches our sunset dreams.

We stood, painting the vales of
spring-kissed hills, of old perfume, my
red rose, sweet rose, my deep red love
of vivid green through shining rain.

See the horseman without a horse,
the pilgrim without faith, see bright
spring-kissed hills of old perfume, my
toes curled barefooted on the grass.

We picked buttercups in the sun,
and then bathed in milk-white daisies.
Kiss your eyes awake, and breathe in
spring-kissed hills with my old perfume.

for dVerse  Poetry Form Quatern. A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains with 8 syllable lines. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. AI Digital Artwork is my own, created using AI Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.