There’s a lone crow on a power
(trip)
line, squawking about something
or other, and we’ve discovered
there is nothing left to say.
Somehow, we are both
here
(there, anywhere, nowhere)
too late
and too soon.
Our only remaining
evidence: this chalk outline
moon.
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Well it is just too good, this little verse, already before the last two lines, but with those last two. . .what a stunning, stunning finale . . .
Thank you so much.
Is it called enjambment? What you do with words? Whatever the name, it is always amazing to me to see the format your poetry takes and your use of words like this. So well done…a chalk outline moon. sigh
Thanks so much, Lill.
(I do loves me some en
-jabment.)
Nice one!!! Whimsical and intriguing.
Happy Easter. Thanks for dropping by my blog
Much💛love
Thank you, Gillena. Happy Easter! And my pleasure.
Moonchalk. Great closer, DJ. And thanks for hosting this cool prompt.
Thank you!
We really are like crows on a wire…. sounds like a politician talking a lot of noise and not saying much of anything! That chalky moon will turn us all into shadows!!
Amen, Dwight!
:>)
A wonderful poem, and a great ending.
Thanks so much.
Wow De, you still managed to insert the moon here. Love the chalk outline moon.
Thank you, Grace. Yes, she tends to sneak her way into my words a lot. Especially with the Quadrilles.
When there is a chalk line around the moon, things are looking rather dim. Nice atmospheric piece.
Thanks, Lisa.
You’re welcome.
I marveled at how you wove in the chalk outline moon.
Thank you, Truedessa.
You led me beautifully with the lone crow etc and I wondered how ‘chalk’ was going to enter into your poem. You made me wait until the great ending!
Thanks, Carol.
Love this and the visual ending, “Our only remaining
evidence: this chalk outline
moon. “
Thank you, Ali.
I’m so in awe of the title alone, and then you do all the rest.
My favorite:
“Somehow, we are both
here
(there, anywhere, nowhere)”
I love that this might be about teenagers doing who-knows-what at night, with no witnesses but the moon. (I know just what you’re talking about! That ring of glow it sometimes has!) And then they have to “kill the moon,” the only witness.
Thank ya, ma’am. 😉
Wonderful write, especially the image at the end, the clever use of the chalk outline and what it represents.
Thank you so much.
That title is so perfect… one less than the attempted murder of two crows.
Thanks, B.
Your final stanza is stunning!
Thanks so much, Misky.
De, you’re one of the best wordsmiths I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.
❤
David
Awww. Thank you so much, David. Your generous words have made my day.
How delightfully you used this (tricky) form!! Stellar write.
Yes, nothing left to say, I love the sense of it all passing before, now gone, what is there to squawk about anyway, well that’s what I take away, great read De.
This was the most ingenious use of the prompt word! Such a fantastic write, De.
Loved this from the title on!