Forsythia

Nature’s first green is gold… —Robert Frost

Mist-spangled saffron glows;
thrashers swoop, chatter and trill
in the land of milk and honey
like a lighthouse beacon in the fog.

Thrashers swoop, chatter and trill;
gilded petals trumpet spring
like a lighthouse beacon in the fog
breaking winter’s gelid spell.

Gilded petals trumpet spring,
languid branches sprawling,
breaking winter’s gelid spell;
closing the seasonal orbit.

Languid branches sprawling,
mist-spangled saffron glows,
closing the seasonal orbit
in the land of milk and honey.

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This pantoum was inspired by #dVerse and written with the help of an online pantoum-maker.
Today, I learned that forsythia is said to produce lactose; that is, milk sugar, making it a plant of milk and honey.