[Moodpoems: Calendar of Correlatives] br br I br The sky shines slick with the sun's oily gold, br swabs of cloud slide by, sopped and aureoled. br br II br The spring lion yawns from a snooze, nonplussed br tassle-tail powdered with buttercup dust. br br III br A bright blare startles the garden's stubble: br a tulip stem trumpets out a loud red bubble. br br IV br Stone to stone a glittering brook careens, br its quicksilver splashing like tambourines. br br V br A bullfrog flops on the mocha pond's flood; br tadpoles waddle through fundamental mud.