Pegasus — An Image

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“Pegasus” — C.Birde, 8/19

 

Hold tight

that singular steed’s

wind-swept,

wild mane,

and,

like Perseus,

r  i  d  e.

 

— C.Birde, 8/19

Laden — An Image

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“Laden” — C.Birde, 8/18

 

The weight

of fevered air

bears

down —

each furred breath

of moisture

an

oppression.

 

— C.Birde, 8/18

 

Sky Writing — A Dream

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“Meadow” — C.Birde, 7/18

 

Broad and blue as water, the sky floats above a lush green meadow tossed with wind-stirred wildflowers. Calm. Lovely. Pastoral. On the horizon, beyond hill and grass and flowers, a low line of white vapor forms — lifts and drifts, expands.

A word, born of white cloud; mist-edged yet distinct. Gently, it wafts upward, pushed higher by another word. Then another. Until the words stretch and elongate in height, and the sky is inscribed in pale, loose-formed text. A second line follows, then a third and a fourth. The lines scroll upward, and soon, the sky — from horizon to vault — is filled with perfectly-formed cloud words.

Over there, amongst the sky-written page, floats the word: “Flowering”.

Below that: “in and beyond”.

And there, adrift together: “peace” and “time”.

 

— C.Birde, 7/18

 

Brood — An Image

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“Brood” — C.Birde, 7/18

 

The gray and brooding sky

beguiles and

— at long last —

softens

the Summer day star’s

brutal,

blinding eye.

 

— C.Birde, 7/18

 

Constriction — A Poem

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“Constriction” — C.Birde, 7/17

Clouds

blur the horizon,

smudge

the crooked line

defining

here and there,

then and now.

Slowly,

the crows return

to roost

in the evergreen’s

upswept boughs,

their wings glossy,

inked with words

unwritten.

The sky inhales,

constricts and

saturates.

The rains will pour;

the dreaming

recommence.

The words

will

f

o

l

l

o

w .

 

— C.Birde, 7/17