all broken midnight feathered
thing, shall you only sigh
to sky? i crimp your caw
to heart and i
long to loan you sting
of bee and yawn of moon
or paper dragon
fire, the bold desire to build
your
(wings)
self
of steam.
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“self of steam” … love 🙂
I love that this is about high-school you, crimping a girlfriend’s hair and hoping to help her heal.
Excellent line break at “sting.”
Self of steam… what a great conclusion…
Lovely style, longing, and first line..
we believe in YOU!
I love your blackbird with a crooked wing, De! I especially love that you describe it as ‘midnight feathered’, and the thought of loaning it ‘sting of bee and yawn of moon’ to build its ‘self of steam’!
Everyone’s raving about “self of steam” but that’s only 3 of this 44-word masterpiece that turns every word and phrase into solid gold, De. I esp admire “i crimp your caw…” and also everything that both preceded and followed it. Mind-blowingly good stuff.
And THANKS for the cool prompt!
I was swooning from that second stanza, a truly gorgeous quadrille, De! 😍
wonderful images–paper dragon fire, especially (K)
I feel genuine compassion for the broken critter.
Your word play is always superb. Lovely quadrille.
I like what you did with this one! A poem of empowerment!
You had me at the title! Loved this De ☺️💕
De, always such a pleasure to read your words. I am always filled with anticipation when I visit your blog and you never disappoint. I agree with Rob completely. Mind-blowingly good stuff!!
You tickle those words as if music. Lovely.
Bravo! Nice one
Much💛love
This is gorgeous, De. Beautiful, all throughout.
Love the word-play, agile with the “sting of bee” and “yawn of moon”!
Gorgeous images and word play here, De! Beautiful.
Incredibly clever ending on this, De!