Friday, February 26, 2021

This Poem is Dawn, a Skybird and a Grey Whale, Spy-hopping


This poem is the breath of dawn on a windswept
morning at the edge of the sea.
This poem is a murrulet on the wing.
This poem is a grey whale, spy-hopping.

This poem is misty with early morning fog.
It drapes shawls over the shoulders of
Grandmother Cedar so she won't be chilled.
This poem loves the morning.
It looks to the sky to see all the colours of the day.
This poem is the breath of dawn on a windswept
morning at the edge of the sea.

This poem is a tiny bird who makes her nest
deep in the forest.
This poem must fly great distances,
out to sea and back again,
in order to find sustenance.
This poem sometimes grows tired,
and in need of rest.
Its perch is precarious,
its nesting sites vanishing
along with the old growth.
This poem is sometimes in need of
rescue and protection.
This poem is a murrulet on the wing.

This poem swooshes up in placid waters,
takes a look around with her wise old eye
and finds that life is good.
This poem is an ancient voice;
she speaks with an old soul.
Then this poem does a series of dives and breaches,
just for the joy of it.
This poem is a grey whale, spy-hopping.

This poem is the breath of dawn, on a windswept
morning at the edge of the sea.
This poem is a murrulet on the wing, heading for home.
This poem is a grey whale, spy-hopping
for the sheer love of living.


-from February 21, 2019
Hannah Gosselin's Boomerang Metaphor form as described at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, a site I miss very much!


11 comments:

  1. I remember this lovely boomerang, Sherry, with its gentle breath and morning-grey colours! I miss the Imaginary Garden too.

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  2. I love all the ripples and circles of this, especially those first two lines.

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  3. This poem is sheer life! What a door you open in "this poem is." One can help but inhabit the breathing world.

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  4. I miss the Garden as well. This poem is one of your best. I love it. This is Toni Soencer btw!

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  5. Beautiful. Your lovely imagery is heart warming. Suzanne of Mapping Uncertainty

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  6. "This poem is" is a great doorway, Sherry. The photo and the life near the shore of the sea is given air to fly.

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  7. This poem of yours, took me away from the troubles and worries of this world. It reminds me of the beauty that still is and how words can transport us to joy. Loved this.

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  8. Yes, yes, yes, to all of the things this poem is! I just love all of the images you've conjured up here, especially the closing one!

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  9. "This poem is an ancient voice;
    she speaks with an old soul."
    And captured and set free by an old soul. Beautiful music! Thank you!

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  10. Wonderful to see your work!!! I enjoyed your poem.

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  11. This poem....is very heartwarming!

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