Sweet breeze beyond windows rhymes Whispering sweet no-things to leaves that rustle coquettishly Never before have they fluttered with so much animation Flirtatious feathered creatures sailing along ethereal Streams land in pairs to catch teasing airy murmurs -Chirp- Straining for rhymes in the drift lethargic still long past cockcrow hour he hears children's Gales of laughter and squalls cherubs performing punk rock somewhere near that distract- oh- Coffee! wait- did- his medication? Tea-pot bubbling, steaming, he pops a tear-shaped pink- -Click- Water's ready Prepared for anything now if only it sounds good Yes, that's the point Inhaling- too sharply -Cough- Coffee all over -Chirp- Everything is for the birds he sighs
d’Verse Open Link Night
For d’Verse OLN #309, I’m sharing this poem, which I wrote in May ’20… It was one of my earlier attempts at free verse. Also, as you can see, I colored some of the words, which is something that I haven’t seen a lot of other WP poets do… But I feel that this adds un certain quelque chose. which makes this poem more complete to me.
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I love how the leaves fell for the sweet breeze, it’s so funny, that is what they do.
Perfect placing of words for real effect.
It’s so hilarious, i can see it in my minds eye, they fall for it all the time.
Like the wind or breeze wakes up every morning with this mission on their minds.
Enjoyable poetry.
๐โค๏ธ Abi โค๏ธ๐
Nice and light. It gave me a lift.
๐๐ค Benita ๐ค๐
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โฅ๏ธ๐คโฅ๏ธ
A definite repost coming soon.๐
๐ค๐ Andrew ๐๐ค
You made me laugh out loud with this one! Everything was going swimmingly up to the -Chirp-, then I started to giggle, then “coffee” arrived and I began to chuckle. Freaking brilliant, good sir! What a fun, well-written piece! -Chirp- ๐
๐๐ Mike ๐๐
Sometimes it be like that! Thanks for the chuckle,
โค๏ธ๐ Shay ๐โค๏ธ
I enjoyed the colors and sounds of this anything-but-lethargic poem, David ๐
๐๐ Lynn ๐๐
Makes me want to have a coffee ๐ I enjoyed the free verse and the way it rambles like a stream of consciousness.
๐งก๐ Suzanne ๐๐งก ~ thank you!
-David
There was a zen in this for me, a meditation which gets close to something until the coffee goes down wrong. – Brendan
๐๐ Brendan ๐๐ ~ thanks!
-David
So delightful David!
๐ thanks, Linda ๐
Youโre welcome!
i enjoyed the whimsy in these poems. Chirp. I love it because everything is for the birds.
๐ Molly ๐
A simply delightful whimsy!
๐ Espie ๐