Thursday, 4 April 2019

Villanelle

in the quiet of night
slight rustle of wings
a lone bird in flight

an apple she bites
discarded in a bin
in the quiet of the night

distressed by her plight
without her nice things
a lone bird in flight




no comfort or light 
she ties flowers with string
in the quiet of the night

she espies a blue  kite
the  colour of ming
a lone bird in flight

she plays her small fife
after all it is spring
in the quiet of the night
a lone bird in flight

Wednesday Muse #2 Hanami 

3 comments:

  1. Shame about the flowers in the dustbin.
    Wonder if someone had chucked them in the quiet of the night.
    Such a lot to think about in your poem.
    Enjoyed it very much and lovely to meet you, Cressida . . . :)

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  2. So much beauty in the quiet of the night. Lovely rhyme in this Cressida.

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  3. ...a blue kite the color of ming...I live this line. The lone bird in flight could be melancholy but it isn't. Playing The fife adds a bit if birdsong.

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