Monday, March 02, 2009

ReadWritePoem (Words)


Counting-Out Rhyme

Silver bark of beech, and sallow
Bark of yellow birch and yellow
Twig of willow.

Stripe of green in moosewood maple,
Colour seen in leaf of apple,
Bark of popple.

Wood of popple pale as moonbeam,
Wood of oak for yoke and barn-beam,
Wood of hornbeam.

Silver bark of beech, and hollow
Stem of elder, tall and yellow
Twig of willow.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay

(Read it out loud!)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this! THanks for sharing. Wonderful photo too.

Anonymous said...

This is a wonderful poem!!!

Jo A. T.B. said...

Gorgeous photo and great poem!

Tammy Brierly said...

That was great to read. XXOO

sam said...

My, my. I love how this sounds out loud. Great play on the sounds of words.