my cathedral, green
butresses a deep blue southern sky
my cardinal, red
sings hymns that raise
a host of finches, gold
Karen S Nowviskie, West Virginia, USA
butresses a deep blue southern sky
my cardinal, red
sings hymns that raise
a host of finches, gold
Karen S Nowviskie, West Virginia, USA
Karen this is full of imagery and homestead, heart. there's no place we can write about with more meaning than our home place. have a great day/ weekend.
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ReplyDeleteThis is marvelous and it touches my heart as well as my thoughts...such as this is great poetry
Linda
That is easily a flag I could live under; green, red and, gold.
ReplyDeleteWhat lively colours. What a flag you paint. ~rick
ReplyDeleteI was captured by the first line. It painted such a serene image.
ReplyDeleteThis brevity speaks to me. I take flight with finches at the end of it.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this short burst through colours and nature.
ReplyDeleteKaren, this is so beautiful! The images are stunning, and I love the colors. I can feel those gold finches rising with the last line.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all of you, my poet friends, who took your time to come here and read and comment. I am deeply gratified and humbled by your thoughtfulness.
ReplyDeleteI hope you take time to look around the site and enjoy this eclectic collection of poetry.
Julie, you are the one who told me about Bolts of Silk, and I'm glad you did. It has become one of my regular favorite poetry reads.
Enjoying all the poetry on Bolts of Silk, but I especially liked the economical imagery and structure of Karen's poem. Joanna
ReplyDeleteKaren is a fine poet and will go far.
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