suddenly, a rooster here
in this woodland village
they say somebody dropped him
to make up for the grief of last year’s loss
like puppies after miscarriages
he was hanging by the post office
yesterday afternoon
strutting in his finery as if he belonged,
which of course he does in this array
of misfits
but now it’s 5;45 am
I know because the rooster told me
when he was practicing to be a songbird
imagining his crows belonged
with the peter-peter-trills-and-cheeps
of warblers, thrush and tits
and for some reason
as my foggy eyes embrace
these darkened silhouettes against that salmon colored sky
he convinces me to rise
pick up the pen
that blue-dress dream
flows across the page, me vibrant
and assured, singing as is he
imagining myself one
of the family
here in this room
with its window to the trees
bathed in this blue-green glow
of water and of sky, I dream
though I’m awake
until the choir subsides.
today’ prompt #15. Animal populations appearing or disappearing have often been seen as a sign. Write a poem in which an animal population appears or disappears.
For the full list of april poetry month prompts, check out Kristin’s Berkey-Abbott’s blog @ http://kristinberkey-abbott.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-prompt-for-every-day-of-national.html
Apr 20, 2016 @ 22:02:12
Awesome poem!
The blue dress dream appears!
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Apr 20, 2016 @ 22:05:21
Awesome poem!
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