Impromptu and with Ease
Westminster bells
partition through the air
to orient for place
a pacing in the hours
and cockcrows wake
to first ordain the dawn
with much the surety
of rows of daffodils
unclenching in the sun
it is a gentle doing
it is not blast ordained
like thunder lightning storm
from heavy-lidded clouds
decreeing lines for rain
oh, let us dance…my love
impromptu and with ease
to relegate our days
in measured roundelay
Bonnie Marshall
Artwork: Vincent van Gogh
“Wheat Fields in Rain” 1889
