Prompted by Poet's Place Cafe

Winter Garden

In winter darkness blooms of white
crocus mock, in pure merriment,
the bleak and cold landscape. A pilot of trust in the night.

With saffron stigma, testament
of their value beyond the sight
of beauty in blight, they offer their grace in sacrament.
                              ~~Judi Van Gorder

6 LInes
Verse Form: Garden Lace  
The elements of Garden Lace are:
         1. written in any number of tercets.
         2. syllabic, L1 & L2 8 syllables each, L3 14 syllables. Optional: L1 & L2 iambic tetrameter, L3 iambic heptameter.
         3. rhymed, rhyme scheme, aba bcb cdc ded and so on.

Entered January 2020 Contest

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Poem with winter theme
Forbidden words: snow, ice, snowman, blizzard, Santa, Christmas, New Year's, wind.

Killing two birds with one stone:

Also in compliance with this activity: "Form of the week: Garden Lace"