Lawrence Hall
Dispatches
for the Colonial Office
The Seven Seeing-Stones
Good Tolkien writes of spring
far better than we
With layered allusions to
Celtic and Nordic myths
His Fairy Folk sing clearly
in rainbow rhymes
Among the crocuses abloom ‘round
ancient trees
My crocuses bloom ‘round a
shaggy lawn
With garden furniture in need
of paint
And morning coffee in a
Tupperware cup
To serve as a greeting to the
rising sun
Friend Tolkien writes of
spring for you and me
And through his Seven Seeing-Stones
– we see!
