It's Still Life

dVerse Quadrille #56

 

A Broad Song

Always in motion,
this broad and singing dawn.
Robins nibble seeds
and fatten on raisins,
muddle over fat grubs and
a nub of bread.
Magpies dress in tuxedoes.
Wrens in brown weave.
The air is motion –
dandelion fluff bright
as whirly-spins
against the sun.

 

 

for dVerse Quadrille #56 (44 words including ‘muddle’ but excluding the title. Image cc:00 RSPB

Misky

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16 responses to “dVerse Quadrille #56”

  1. lillian avatar
    lillian

    LOVE the description here…I’m right there in the middle of this delightful scene! Especially love the magpies in tuxedoes complimented by the wrens in brown weave. Smiling I am over my second cup this morning….I do think I’ll go sit outside under the cherry blossoms! 🙂

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Lillian, and I hope you enjoy your coffee.

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  2. Frank Hubeny avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    I like the idea of the “singing dawn”.

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  3. whimsygizmo avatar
    whimsygizmo

    “the air is motion”
    and oh, THIS:
    “muddle over fat grubs and
    a nub of bread.”

    Your sound bumps here give me goosebumps.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      I nearly overdosed on rhyme in that phrase. 🤣

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  4. peterfrankiswrites avatar
    peterfrankiswrites

    Lovely piece, I particularly liked ‘broad’ in the dawn and the title, and the lovely closeup lift into the sky at the end.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Peter. It was a lovely spring morning here.

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  5. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    I love the scene you paint… especially the magpies in tuxedos.
    No dandelion fluff yet here.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Apple trees blooming?

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      1. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
        Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

        Not really yet… no… but I smelt some bloom today.

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  6. Victoria C. Slotto avatar
    Victoria C. Slotto

    One of the most wonderful times of the day for me–watching my yard come to life with birds and sunshine. So well described.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you so very much. I’m glad that you found familiarity in it.

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  7. D. Avery @shiftnshake avatar
    D. Avery @shiftnshake

    You paint the scene, keep the poem in motion from beginning to end.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Lovely. Thank you.

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  8. sanaarizvi avatar
    sanaarizvi

    Gorgeousness overload 😍😍😍

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  9. purplepeninportland avatar
    purplepeninportland

    Naturally my favorites from this beautiful poem are,
    ‘Magpies dress in tuxedoes.
    Wrens in brown weave.’

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