eyed flies who I buzz with their Christian name:
dragon. They hover, dive, then skim tall grass;
Cellophane wings beating hurricanes. Game's
afoot, but where? I've seen the solo flight,
pairs mating, but never so many flames
bounced off blue-green foils by the sun's white light.
Their gather's a check for black plumes of beasts
gone unbalanced to these hunters' delight.
If on mosquitoes they make seasoned feast,
my meek blood inherits to this world's least.
This week's Poetry on Wednesday Prompt asks us to be inspired by a summery song, and then arrange that inspiration the form of a terza rima sonnet. I chose The Flaming Lips song "Buggin" as my muse.
10 comments:
Flaming Lips...there is so much music I have never heard ...good reason for having these music prompts...I know you are not comfortable with this form but you made a very good effort..Miss Pommeroy is going to find the Dante within you Francis.
Well, Francis, you may have chosen a mundane creature but you've imbued your poem with extraordinary images. I love:
"Cellophane wings beating hurricanes. Game's
afoot, but where? I've seen the solo flight,
pairs mating, but never so many flames
bounced off blue-green foils by the sun's white light."
I love dragonflies. My mother called them "snake doctors" and sometimes "darning needles"
They're so beautiful you forget they're mighty hunters, too. Enjoyed the music
I like this a lot and I am a big fan of swampy things. Dragons and dragonflies are cool. I saw several of them (dragonflies, I mean) today by the river. I also saw a snake swimming. The river is swamp-like on the ouskirts of Uppsala. Mosquitos of all sizes too.
Francis
The poem and the music fit perfect together!
Nice job!
Pamela
The flies Chrstian name is dragon. I love it, Francis. Your description of them is lovely. Cellophane wings beating hurricanes...blue green foils...
lovely terza rima. I love anything that feasts on miserable mother friggin' mosquitoes.
Plenty of both dragonflies and mosquitos around us - especially now in the sticky humidity of the wet season.
Great post.
I like the way they float in the air.
Everything works in this poem: idea, words, rhythm, everything.
@Rall I may need a Beatrice to inspire me to those heights.
@Derrick It's not the group's best song, but it's their most summery :). I've always been fascinated by dragonflies.
@barbara I like those terms... I'll have to borrow them :).
@Jenny I'm a bit of a swamp rat myself. We've got plenty of mosquitoes and dragonflies, but alas no snakes.
@Pamela Thanks!
@Brenda It's why I also dig spiders and centipedes. They're Nature's exterminators.
@Stan It's been unusually wet here, which may be why we have a boom in the mosquito and dragonfly populations.
@Changnoi They are fun to watch.
@Viv Thanks... though I think I need a bit more practice in the form.
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