The Earth Turns South/Ash-Blossom

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4414026The Earth Turns South — Ash-BlossomClement Richardson Wood

ASH-BLOSSOM

Muck and mire climb jauntily
Through roots, stems, and calyxes,
Until they laugh forth as blossoms.

I love blossoms;
I love to pack the moist brown tobacco into my pipe
And puff its twinkling glow to the end,
When a fair ash-blossom laughs forth.

Feathery whirls of grayness,
Delicately and intricately fashioned,—
I knock you eagerly into the wind,
To summon again your fellow
Out of the moist brown tobacco.