See how these Iceberg roses

        See how these Iceberg roses

        slip

              on the very limits

        of the lawn

        in the slight wind shifts

        into a cascading fury

        and storm

        of arctic snow

        blinding eyes

        smothering senses

        burying the garden

        floes against everything

        each petal an icicle

        that builds against

        the next

        pack-ice sliding

        into an avalanche of white

        over edges

        of the afternoon.

These poems are from my new collection IN THE APRICOT DARKNESS (view the cover and contents below in my recent posts). They are now being published individually, daily under 'recent posts' on my blog and will be available shortly as an eBook that can be read online or downloaded for free.