to mossy rooftop to tree filled yard all confetti with leaves and seeds around the grass the timber fence next door the golfers ride their carts beyond this tangle-wood walnut trail toward the lake wood snow-belt town survey the warming earth in bloom the maple tree helicopter seeds whirl the apple trees flowering in may with fluffy pink petals up and down the street the look out my second-floor window glass as i from my cold shower pass in this overgrown forest cottage home reflecting how long 3.5 10/10 sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter, no rhyme © 5 minutes ago, Brian Peter Hodgkinson
Reflection
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May