let us think cellar door
cellar door…
is luminance in a mundane frame,
like effervescent chardonnay
in a kitchen jelly jar
cellar door…
wafts petrichor aroma
of earth mist after rain
and vellichor of old must books
stacked in a sunlit room
floats bowed sostenuto
lined from a Mozart score
and copal fus-ed trail
of a long necked lute
cellar door…
is limerence … not quite blushing love
first beating to a fussing drum
is more contained … a spray of violets
pressed in an almanac … bound to fragility
Bonnie Marshall
Artwork by Gerard David
“Madonna with Angels and Saints”
detail, 1509
Proem... 
Sensual, evokes beauty on all levels, antiquity ageless and compelling.
Thank you, Sharon. I read somewhere that the cellar door wording has been around since 1903 as one of the most beautiful in the English language. It’s fun to say aloud. Smiles…