Ring

a

          round the Smith

                                       y the littl

est elves

                    with child-ears

de

          lve min

                             er

                                       al luster, ir

idescence

                    of metal, trans

mutation

                    of relics, glyph

                    ish texts on soft

stone, circ

                             ling

                                       a

                                                symmetric birch, beech and hazel

nut

                    the e

                                 lves the elve

                    s

                                 in white twi

                                                          light of late Oc

                               tober

                                                chaunt of songs of in

visible chil

                    dren twirl a

whirl a

                    coustic sha

                                                dow/der

vish the elves

with wide

                    wild child-

                                                eyes

scoot the leaf

                             litter pat

                                                tering patches

o! dand

                    elions, mite and midge and mill

ipede,

                    lady

                              bug                   mount

                                                whim

                                  sical arm

                    adillos

                                  in deep white

                                                          Oct

                                                                   ober Eve:

Ring!

               Round!    the elv

          `                                      es the Smith

                                                                             ish elve

                s

                                       the rosy

                                  lipped

                                                kindlech

                             voiced

                                                elves preen a pokey polk

a

          roll brilliant hoops round mine

          and mound and mega

                                                lith          twirl

atwinkle

                    light

                                  of humankind glow

                                  of falling aspen leaves coil

of mystic spiral           in the sin

uous approach like serpents in rapid flight

                                  in the dark forest and human

                                  garden                in the healing

light

              of late October

              proud poised puckish prankish

              Elves

Note: kindlech is Yiddish for children.

Stanley Nelson

 

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