Fireside

Charles Macfarlane

Crimson rims on hissing logs,
Black against an ochre river  -
Dragon's tongues of Chinese yellow,
Rippling lights round rafters quiver.

And on that mind 'midst dreams ensnared
Intrudes a sylph who did not care,
With turquoise eyes and freckled face
Framed with trails of flaming hair.

1970

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