There’s a fat butterball
in a sapphire sky
as the words float away
now forgotten the whys
With the crane in the grass
and her mate in the pond
I suck love from the air
as they sing of their bond
Honeybees // dandelion
chipmunks dig out their tunnels
Robins run // then they stop
when they spy worms or bunnies
Without words but with joy
They exemplify spring
And I praise goddess blessings
When she plays on heart strings.
Björn is today’s host for dVerse’ Meet the Bar. Björn wants us to write anapestic tetrameter. I wrote one yesterday and like the form so much I wanted to write another. I was in the atrium yesterday afternoon talking on the phone with my older son on his drive home from work when I saw the sandhill crane again, this time walking towards the house. I sat ever so still and snapped a couple of pictures. She took flight a few minutes later and gathered her mate from the pond, then the two flew north. Fingers crossed they decide to make the back fields and the ponds a regular visiting stop.
p.s. The green in the foreground are the grapefruit trees, looking out yearningly.
Tao Talk 
Great second post Lisa… 🙂
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Seeing the cranes was so inspirational, they were the kernel that started it. Thank you, Rob 🙂
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I like this poem Li. 👍❤️❤️
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❤ Thanks much, Sadje, glad you do.
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You’re welcome 😉
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Wowwwww
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Keep writing ❤
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🙂 Thank you!
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Lovely picture painted with this poem. (I used to enjoy the scent of the grapefruit tree leaves in our garden in Italy).
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Thank you very much. I wish my trees could be outside all year.
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A lovely poem. Thanks for sharing your interlude!
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Thanks much, Beverly. My pleasure 🙂
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Great photo! And his form is just right to celebrate. (K)
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Thank you very much, Kerfe. I loved watching the crane walk.
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I had a dream last night where you had tamed your visitor and it would let you interact with it. I take that as a good omen for something! (I was trying to take a photo but the bird was still shy of me)
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That’s amazing and I love you were dreaming that. Sounds like a good omen for sure.
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The landscape was beautiful.
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🙂 I’m glad you see me in a beautiful landscape. Do you ever take pics with your phone when you’re out and about in the city? I’d love to see some nature spots you visit if you do.
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I should do that. It seems I’m always hurrying from errand to errand, but this weekend when I meet my daughters, I’ll take some on my walk.
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YAY! I just got inside from taking pics of what’s in bloom in the yard. The pear tree is now in bloom 🙂 Planning on Meijer Garden and cherry trees this Saturday.
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I will try to remember. My mind is a seive these days.
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I love this.. and the bouncy rhythm really made for a joyful ride.
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Thanks much, Bjorn. Thank you for the fun prompt also 🙂
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This is a beautiful poem that captures the essence of the poetry of life.
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Thank you, Barry 🙂
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Very nicely done Lisa. I could feel the rhythm!
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Thank you, Dwight. On the first one I roughed it up a bit to interrupt the rhythm (of a bad dream.) This one I wanted smooth as silk 🙂
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I love it! You hit a homerun! :>)
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🙂
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This is beautiful writing.
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Jude, thank you very much.
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My pleasure.
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