Just in time!

As for "My Mandolin Sings," I think this is going to have to be it -- for now:

Brooks babbling and firs swirling,
My mandolin cries --
Tails twitching, wings unfurling,
Their spirits arise!
As woodland winds are twirling
By day or by night
When there are dancers whirling
My mandolin cries.

Came up with the "u/irling" slant rhyme at the very last, when I was just about to give up. It felt great, because thinking of words in that rhyme gave me ones with visual images. Hooray!

To me, the first version posted May 6 works OK as a poem in "songform." I just thought, why not sing it? I did in my head, and it didn't work as a song lyric well in verses 2 and 3 -- particularly 3.

So, unless I come up with something better for verse 2, I think this is it.

But, what about a bridge or an intro? Hmmm ... .

Patience, readers. Patience.