Sunday, January 16, 2011

Poetry Bus,1/16/11

My morning meditation became about tiny, shiny birds.
Songbirds and all things relating to them- colorful.
Does this apply to TFE's prompt ?

The apse was empty
and so I went out
into the greening garden
and picked up a rake.
Emeralds lead me onward,
" Grriiishhh, rrrisshhh,"
pulling brown tufts away
"Fluff, enough."
Suddenly a choral voice
wavered out, gaining strength,
heart rending solo
from above.
"Who-?" I  whispered
scanning the ring of apple trees,
and far left on the tippy top branch
a little red blob with its beak to the sky
was serenading all around
a washed blue sky.
And so he and I
kept company,
sometimes in sync and sometimes
I'd stop, lean on the handle
just breathing.
All the way down the long yard,
he sang, I raked,
until I reached the windmill.

11 comments:

Niamh B said...

Sounds like a harmonious scene. Beautiful

Rachel Fox said...

Good company to keep.
x

Titus said...

Oh, that's just so well done! I loved
"Grriiishhh, rrrisshhh,"
pulling brown tufts away
"Fluff, enough."
and those last three lines.

Olivia said...

Soothing n peaceful!
A very nice read indeed.. Thank you for sharing this.. :)

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Week 18 Theme: Languages, Signs and Symbol. Poets , especially First Time Participants are also welcome to share old poems or poems unrelated to our theme..
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Helen said...

For sure ... your lovely poem applies to the prompt!!!

Jinksy said...

was serenading all around
a washed blue sky.
And so he and I
kept company

As friendly robins often do!

Louise said...

Loved the tippy top branch, a little red blob, a washed blue sky! Daytime is certainly the time to write this type of poem. Sounds like a wonderful morning.

Karen said...

I love this - structure, language, theme. Especially love the movement and sound.

Anonymous said...

welcome sharing your poems with our poetry potluck today..

you can link in 1 to 3 old poems or poems unrelated to our theme have fun.

you got talent, keep it up.

Totalfeckineejit said...

Beautiful, the essence of summer , oh I can't wait!Nice to have it now in such a lovely poem!

ArtPropelled said...

I'm enjoying your poetry, this one in particular.