Day 01 NovPAD Challenge

anglo-saxon hunter, mounted on a horse with his hawk on his arm. ai image

The Architecture of a Moment

Enter a Cloud

The heartbeat of percussion
in his ear, not drum,
but the world’s own strumming.
Thunder in the soul,
pressure in the hollow bone.

Then the rip and fold of wing,
a seam in the sky torn wide.
He, peregrine, enters cloud,
becomes the storm he chased.

No longer bird, but question,
the wind’s own wonder made flesh
air itself,
at last learning to ask.


Written for Writers’ Digest Poem-a-Day Challenge. Poems/prose and some images are ©Misky 2006-2025.

7 responses to “Day 01 NovPAD Challenge”

  1. Excellent.
    Soundtrack perfectly matched.
    If I may ask: the featured photos of this series are you/MJ or something else?

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    1. Thank you!

      Midjourney. Added embroidery to the word prompt and drilled down to a specific century of artisan technique (avoiding French and Italian).

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  2. Beautiful. Although I found the music much melancholier than the feeling I got from the verse.

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    1. Hmm … melancholy or calm? 🤗

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      1. Maybe I am just predestined to find melancholy?

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  3. barbara_e_young avatar
    barbara_e_young

    The question. It’s something humans make. That’s the art of being human.

    (although I did see a Reel on FB with some sort of little primate transparently thinking a problem through)

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    1. Beautifully philosophical, b, that questioning is a human art. In my mind, when I watched that falcon it was questioning its place in the world … but I like how you’ve turned the thought.

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