Golden energy, or: Mental slough

Poetry Partners #76

‘Sylphs of the Air’, a poem by MistyBlue of ‘wsarwmzansipens’

Beyond words, the ephemeral beauty
of willows a picture paints.
Adorning lakes and rivers, golden energy

stream through strings of leaves.
Sylphs of the Air sing in-between
Love’s enfolding heart-centred harmony.

• MistyBlue: https://wsarwmzansipens.wordpress.com/

An ekphrastic poem by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’

In the stillness between yellow willows,
where more perceptive observers than I
make out sylphs humming

my lexicon sinks
into a cold, wet mental slough, as though
lacking even the strength enough to thrash
for life.

Lethargically, my feet drag
me over to an old, wooden park bench,
where my heart is goldened by warm tinges
of amber

upon pale periwinkle.
Gradually my wonderment settles;
my faculties ratherishly regained,

I stumble back to the soft, beckoning
shade beneath gently swaying flaxen leaves
to listen again.

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Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #255

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Shay’s Word Garden Word List #19

Poets were prompted to use at least 3 of the following 20 words provided in an original poem:

altered, breakfast, church, dreary, fetch, garland, grave, harness, humming, laurel, May, moonlight, rainy, sheep, shiver, sloe, slough, stem, vacant, willows

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Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

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