by Pavel Chichikov
for N.
My love, I saw you dressed in green
The color of new growth, new spring
You had dressed your garden on
And you were cheerful, pleased and young
And I will put my forest on
Green and blue of spruce and fir
All shadow deep beneath the sun
Where copper seams of footpaths are
There the bounds and borders meet
Between the garden and the grove,
I from under shadow greet
And you from sunlight wave, my love
Then we'll wear what we know best
And clothe ourselves in kinds of leaf,
I the forest for a vest
And you the garden of belief
Visit Pavel's website at Grey Owl Press.
Note: Pavel will read selections of his poetry at Franciscan University (Steubenville, OH) on January 25, 2002. For more information contact Pavel Chichikov.
