In Time and Times and Out of Time

Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem

The white of the camellia is white,

As white as white has been for eons long

Before a woman or a man had sight

To worship it.  Pink sits on limbs for song

Of bird beside pink blossoms, white.  The wings

Of bird, the wings of song, the wings of spring

Belong together.  They are ever springs

Together in the start of spring.  They sing

And show together immemorial

Together naturally.  This pairing holds

The painter hypnotized, pictorial

And song-filled as the brushing stroke unfolds.

  Forever birds and blossoms represent

    Perfection though without its timeless scent.

[Yes, I know.  I know the blossoms are not camellias.  The plum tree is not a camellia bush.  However, the uguisu/Japanese warbler is a uguisu.]