Grey vapour sated clouds extend their chain
Of rainy bursts and torrents at a glance
The hoarse throat whine from canyons weren’t in vain
As green shoot tillers bow to circumstance
Rush petals weave a chain of svelte romance
On river banks where oak beam timbres fall
Coy sika deer among his peers may crawl
Beyond that wetland canvass oiled  at birth
An embryonic chain encodes its wall
With nascent human trails to cosmic mirth

Second place  contest medal winner published on Poetry Soup 19th April  2020 and a featured  poem  of  the week on Poetry Soup 12th September  2021