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Subtle is the Willow

Brewing your bitter sap

From the sour, dank sod

In which your feet

Are so comfortably shod

Silk purse made from the bile

Of good-for-nothing land

 

Your are on the river

In the bog early green

A smile on Spring's young face

Russet tines raking winter's putty

Bearded bonsai of icy summits

Run-maker on summer greens

 

Webster-woven into creels

For peats, and baskets

For logs of firewood types

Promise me a sprig of ***** Willow

Almost a tree

A match for any tree

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Written by
david-tollick
Scottish
Published
Feb 20, 2011
Lines·Words
18·83
Notes

"Run-maker" - willow is the wood of choice for making cricket bats

"Webster" - a Scots word for weaver

Pussy-willows are out now - Spring is coming to the northern hemisphere!

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