Stillness,
just before a storm,
tickles, teases,
gently lifts a curl,
whispers
as crows abandon shaded sky
and tasseled corn stalks
slightly bend.
I've been writing
beneath White Oak's sanctuary,
personal lines of poetry,
of loss, of love, of longing,
when drops of rain
stain my scrawling ink,
slide down parchment page
in sympathy.
A simple summer shower
kisses field and fauna,
its gentle harmony
soothes floral faces raised
before a final bow.
Drips and drops
fall from leaves and eaves
as Sunshine dons his sweetest smile.
Stillness, the only sound.
by Margaret Bednar, September 16, 2023
This is in response to "Poets and Storytellers United - Friday Writings #94 - Storm, Ink, Love". Use these three words in a poem.
I am also starting a series of poems I will work on randomly. This sereis will be my response to Emily Dickinson's poems. This one here is offered upon reflection of reading "XI - Summer Shower" - of which I have borrowed her title. Her "Summer Shower" poem is HERE.
Just beautiful Every line!
ReplyDeleteI've been there, just before a storm, and you've described it perfectly with lines like "tasselled corn stalks slightly bend" and the "crows abandon the shaded sky", but first the silence. Well done!
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ReplyDeleteDrips and drops are forecast here today, with possible flashes and bangs joining in! No silences then, eh? Good choice of a peaceful ending after weathering those storms. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! And what a lovely idea, your Emily series. I look forward to more of them.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lovely sensitivity to nature that your descriptions invoke.
ReplyDeleteLovely image.
ReplyDeleteSummer storms are fun in a way. Around here they don't come quietly, we figure it will soon be raining by the thunder preceding. In the summers most of our rains are tropical in nature and come in from the Gulf. Straight up or around and through central Texas.
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A feeling of serenity and contentment fills me as I read the lines. Just beautuful.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully vivid descriptions!
ReplyDeleteI love this poem and am reading it again and again for the serenity it brings ....beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove all the sumptuous description of landscape and then that final line completes it perfectly!
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