"Pantoum" form of poetry, my very loose interpretation. It has to do with repeating lines in sequence through the poem, plus it's only supposed to be three stanzas but I never read instructions and have made up my own.
The Music of Water Over Stones
If nothing else,
the place we lay together,
there, the music of water over stones
still soothes strangers into lovers.
For you, for an afternoon
(if nothing else)
I steward that place. Listen:
There! the music of water over stone.
There is a tree, named
for you, for an afternoon
that sang a few graceful hours
I steward that place! Listen:
If nothing else,
there is a tree, named
there: the music of water over stones
that sang a few graceful hours.
The Music of Water Over Stones
If nothing else,
the place we lay together,
there, the music of water over stones
still soothes strangers into lovers.
For you, for an afternoon
(if nothing else)
I steward that place. Listen:
There! the music of water over stone.
There is a tree, named
for you, for an afternoon
that sang a few graceful hours
I steward that place! Listen:
If nothing else,
there is a tree, named
there: the music of water over stones
that sang a few graceful hours.
