above
earth’s ceiling
used to be a
floating sea where
flying
boats careen so
free. until, like
autumn leaves, millions
are dead. tiny
things inhaled-
death.
open
up like daffodils
of baby spring
baiting for
bees. unzip the
clouds. allow hellos
to happen
again.
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09.14.2021
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For dVerse: Closing in on the end of 2021 – After more than a month, happy to be back to a quadrille prompt by Lillian. ❤
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So much imagery here….I especially love these words
“open
up like daffodils
of baby spring
baiting for
bees. ”
Thank you for posting to the prompt!
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It is always a delight to dip the tip of my pen into a quadrille. Missing dVerse and so happy to write again. ❤️ Thank you for the beautiful prompt, Lillian!
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Hello .. Hello … we need millions more. This is a lovely quadrille!!
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thank you, Helen!
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Wow, Rosema – this poem kinda makes me feel foolish because I don’t feel like I understand it – it feels like a surrealist poem to me… like if Salvador Dalí were a poet, this would be the kind of poem he’d write 🙂
❤
David
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oh wow. Salvador Dali. Hearing his name for the first time (my bad) but appreciate your kind words, David. Thank you!
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Oh my heart this is incredibly hard-hitting and poignant 💝💝 I love the idea of unzipping the clouds 🙂
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aha. thank you for spotting that, Sanaa!!
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I love the sense of change i read into the last few lines… allows hellos to happen… it feels like the end of a very long lockdown.
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yes. you captured the wish of this poem accurately, Bjorn. thank you!
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A beautiful capture of autumn leaves and the cycle of nature/seasons. I admire the spacing of that one words, death, open, again – so impactful to read.
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you have again interpreted my piece so spot-on and my writing heart is delighted. thank you for your keen reading, Grace.
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Wonderful images – like Björn, I see a hopeful shift with ‘unzip the clouds/allow hellos to happen/again.’
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yes. that’s suppose to be hopeful and i feel delighted that it came across. thank you.
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delightful imagery, so good to have you back!
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awww. thank you, dear Kate!
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I do miss you but reading today’s poem I have a better understanding!
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thank you, dear Kate. i hope your year is coming to a calm closing.
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a very warming one Rosema, I have some lovely friends!
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that’s great to hear, dear. ❤
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take care precious
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you, too, dear!
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