It's Still Life

AprPAD — Day 01

blue sky, white house with red roof, field of rapeseed

1 Day: Rapeseed Blooming in an Open Field

an arrow of sun
or that yellow
careless as fire in dry grass

its strength buried
in twisted roots

blossoms pelting the sky
and not asking

each seed a throat
breaking open

the field rising
not holy
but louder than prayer

Written for Writers’ Digest Poem-a-Day Challenge for April 2026. Prompt word: Seed

Misky

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7 responses to “AprPAD — Day 01”

  1. Spira avatar
    Spira

    Yellow.

    ( what a nice rendition of Coldplay’s song)

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Lively colour; lovely song. ☀️

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    pvcann

    Rapeseed (which here is called canola) is so striking, exactly as you say it.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      It is so beautiful around here when the fields burst into yellow blossom.

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      1. pvcann avatar
        pvcann

        Yes, miles of yellow 🙂 so beautiful indeed.

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    Violet Lentz

    I used to live near fields of wild mustard that looked quite like this. beautiful.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      We drove through Dijon last May, and for hundreds of miles around there it was bright yellow for as far as you could see. Quite impressive.

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