Here’s a winter bush
that blazons white
and blooms five petals
from pink cups.
It’s pods are hard
clusters of seed
that seem round
basket of loaves.
Its leaf looks a knife
but like a pine’s
tough fur
prickles soft.
Here’s a winter bush
blazoning white.
its bird-sung
perfection.
master
or porcelain,
coversing
with light.