At Poets & Storytellers United, a poet who's had to take time off to deal with a multi-person mess invited everyone to "tell her something good. At DVerse another poet invited everyone to play with series of cinquains.
[Fair use of one of Kate St John's gallery of hummingbird and jewelweed pictures. The series is at
Good light;
weather's mellow;
hills are still viridian;
everblooming roses still red;
Earth's good.
Sun's bright,
jewelweed yellow
more than orange, bidding
hummingbirds to hover till fed;
bright sun
slants north;
autumn's welcome;
peaches are reddening;
"Seasons not twice the same"--well said.
North light,
stable,
tempers shadow;
little bay mare's kidding
with goat and dog friends, well bred
stable
friends are
such a pleasure
to see, to be; well fed
(not stuffed!) humans go out riding,
are friends.
(This is just a sketch of feel-good fluff from my neighborhood. The bay mare lives behind one house, the ever-blooming rose beside another house. The hummingbirds and orange jewelweeds are mine, and the Feral Elberta peaches. The yellow jewelweeds further uphill are really outdoing themselves this year. Wherever you are, Gentle Reader, if whatever your weather is doing is not a source of joy and peace of mind, you're welcome to a bit of mine.)
This poetic journey you allowed us to share is pure delight! I sense that you are a purely delightful human!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you; your blog comes across that way, too.
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What a lovely neighbourhood you live in! Thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteYou paint serene scenes effortlessly and how fortunate that these are your surroundings.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, "These are definitely feel-good fluff pieces."
ReplyDeleteA lovely neighborhood you have described so very well. An evocative description, seems I've been there, done that.
ReplyDeleteIf we care to look around so much of goodness abounds. Very earthy poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your neighbourhood. Like the cinquains as well
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