17 Nov: Poem-a-Day Challenge

silver birch trees with full moon shining through them. Night

A Poem for Still Life …

Moon. Trees. River. Fallen leaves.
One plain brown bird whose heart
Rings like trinkets. Winged chorister.

Each star. A far beacon breaks
A new day for an old world. Every
Dawn writes new poems for thee.

I would not teach a nightingale to
Sing sweetly, nor snout this night
For truffles under a halo moon.

A young north wind feeds the air.
My winter garden. Leaves of light.
I dream of kisses all this night.

Be a fallen leaf. A jewel we want
To taste. Be birdsong to still my air.
I’ll drown in your thousand springs.


cadralor poem form written for PAD (Poem-a-Day Challenge) Day 16: The title of the poem should be A Poem for “blank”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Imagery and poems/prose ©Misky 2006-2024.

5 responses to “17 Nov: Poem-a-Day Challenge”

    1. I put this one a loop and enjoyed listening to it a few times. Gundry is a favourite of mine. I have a whole playlist of his work, which is P’s 2nd least favourite playlist of mine. (excuse me as I chuckle) Thank you for another choice that sensitively pairs with my poem.

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  1. Quite lovely Misky

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    1. My sincere thanks, Brian.

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