It's no good recommending a poem a day to everyone without doing it myself. I've not exactly managed a poem a day - so this morning is catch-up time. Day 7's prompt was 'myth'. I've never really combined wildlife and myth, never really thought about it although I now recognise an interesting potential which I may well return to at a future date.
Below is my first (and rather obvious) draft for today:
PERSEPHONE
... and as the earth prepares
to watch her journey back to Hades,
it lines her route with gifts:
plump seeds, golden leaves,
agile paws and farewell fanning wings,
and as she passes by,
trees sigh, and finally let loose
their effort of upholding the beauty
that such a presence demands.
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from the field book
An inspiring gift for anyone who enjoys watching nature.
3 comments:
Let's hope that when in Spring
Persephone returns
she brings with hirundine wings
the season of rebirth!
Desperate Mallard
Good luck with your poem-a-day challenge! I did this back in April - found it very useful (though I still haven't revised all the rough first drafts that emerged!)
I agree entirely with you Neil.
Susan - They always say the longer you leave a poem before you go back to it the better... I expect you'll have loads of little gems when you do dig the poems opt again. As for me - I did a catch up at weekend and have already managed to fall behind again...
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