' whims on my paper boats '
inverting winter's viduity
this highway is a golden ray
changing lingos of the earth's spin
a warm cadence of gypsy winds
all icy unspoken sorrows
become warblers or the swallows
in a festival of twitters
the banter of aster petals
ripples home a blue resonance
distant yachts like boats of paper
etched with the solar alphabet
of a summer day's nostalgia ..
/original/z.g.
"winter's viduity" & "festival of twitters" & "solar alphabet" - each of these alone is a sonnet.
ReplyDeleteA true festival of words!
ReplyDeleteNice work.
A warm cadence of gypsy winds (wow!!!) that was my favorite line. great use of the prompt.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and flowing - just how summer should be.
ReplyDeleteI tell you this, I opened my dictionary .. and when I did I was so surprise at your uses of words ... very interesting.
ReplyDeleteAh, those gypsy winds will barter with us again before we know it and we will thaw out.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up 'viduity' - an excellent word choice. Winter still has you in its clutches.
ReplyDeleteYou captured the feeling exactly. I love the way you use your words!
ReplyDeletedistant yachts like boats of paper brings me back to many a summer's day at the Cape as a child. Beautifully done!
ReplyDelete"... become warblers or the swallows
ReplyDeletein a festival of twitters"... wonderful accompaniment to a summer's day
a warm cadence of gypsy winds oh wow. Beautiful. Actually each of the ending lines made me smile.
ReplyDeleteI love the second stanza-- the turning of the sounds of sorrow into bird song-- wonderful.
ReplyDeletevery nice images
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ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your poems; this is why. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteDeborah Godin said...
ReplyDelete"A Summer's Day (OSI) You've tumbled this rush of images into my brain as if from an upturned basket, and I'm reveling in the profusion!!"
January 11, 2009 3:36 PM
what a treat to read your words~~ they are like a blooming garden~!
ReplyDeletechanging lingos of the earth's spin
ReplyDeletea warm cadence of gypsy winds
are my favorite lines.
hopefully, won't need to be nostaltic once summer arrives again!
Hi zg--
ReplyDeleteanother lovely one...
like watermaid, me thinks winter still has you in its grasp...
thank you for the lovely images, and like most others, i had to look up some words (I love that!!)
Lyrical, mystical and magical - the words are lovely...
ReplyDeletewistful and dreamy
ReplyDeleteIt is a great thing to have such wonderful memories of a summer`s day...I enjoyed the poem.
ReplyDeleteSo many twists and turns with such a beat. Your word selection is astounding. Wonderfully done.
ReplyDelete..many thanks to all of u ..
ReplyDeleteeverything and more... the wind, the sound, the sights... could not help but to think of bees buzzing with "...the banter of aster petals..."
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