Herringbone

                                                   Brenda Bryant

SKYWATCH

HERRINGBONE

A filleted sky!

Clouds streaming by

In order marching way up high!

Eddies of air

Way, way up there

Off to a parade somewhere.

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PRESIDENTIAL PINKNESS!


See the President's Palace, Taipai,
On some great ceremonious day!
The ladies in pink
Are making me think
That a festival's now underway.
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Their pinkness just can't be denied!
Each one like a bright rosy bride!
'Does good luck?' I muse
'Favour these blushing hues?
Is that why they're full of Pink Pride?
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Is the President's favourite shade
The colour of pink lemonade?
Or is it by chance
That the ladies who dance
Are so prettily, pinkly displayed?
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Like roses they bloom in the sun
And it looks like a great deal of fun!
Whatever the cause
I like them because
They look happy, when all's said and done.
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