from "The Ballad of Beautiful Words"

Amethyst, airy, drifting, dell.
    Oriole, lark, alone,
Columbine, kestrel, temple, bell,
    Madrigal, calm, condone.

Emerald, swallow, tawny, dawn
    Silvery, starling, lane,
Radiance, rosary, garland, fawn,
    Pastoral, valley, vane.

Saraband, arrow, huntsman’s horn,
    Orison, organ, bairn
Meadow, madonna, moorland, morn,
    Colony, carol, cairn.

Crinoline, crimson, crystal, croon,
    Troubadour, flagon, flown,
Caravan, amber, laurel, moon,
    Tamarind, tendon, tone.

Anchorage, archer, astral, own,
    Barnacle, billion, bay,
Channel, communion, island, moan,
    Carnival, castaway.

Chivalry, convoy, clamor, cling,
    Hurricane, highland, dream,
Journeyman, mariner, sailor, wing,
    Mandarin, tarn, redeem.

       (more in next post about this poem)