Rik George writes

I Talk of Swans

I talk of swans on silver rivers. 

You catch my mood and sing for me

of dappled dolphins who were lovers 

parted by a school of whales

one summer in a purple sea. 

I tell you how snails build their shells

with help from oyster engineers, 

and you tell me how lizards use

spider webs to make new tails 

and horsehair worms to clean their ears.

Then I recite the list of clues 

that prove an elf is in our house.

You tell me what leathers dwarves will choose 

to bridle and saddle a riding mouse.

 
--Tony Rice