Brard  

         (near Bretanoux)

                       for Romilly                  

impressionist

with sketchbook at hand
brush poised

standing near Brard

blue eggs in a songbird's nest

cradling rock

cold spring

daffodils
a cuckoo

children showing

naiad's hollow

limestone uplands

castles in Aquitaine

damp brushes stowed

remembering a table

remembering some chairs

water like wine
composing his song
a troubadour
going away

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