Yesterday I was ready to take some action in the garden after weeks of neglect. I yanked out the dying hollyhocks, then turned to address the dead sunflowers.
Everywhere I looked, there were tiny goldfinches picking at the seeds drying in the sunflower heads. Fluttering wings made the deadness seem alive. I didn't have the heart to pull out the stalks, not when the goldfinches found them so bountiful.
A lesson in this, I think.
Here's my Flash 55, a ficticious poem.
If you want to play with your 55 words, go see Mr. KnowItAll, whose link you'll find under the blogs I follow.
Not Everything Black Is Broken
The sky went down in flames
of violet and orange
framed by black palm trees
waving their frondy arms.
In the light a shovel seems like a tool,
A builder, a breaker of things
In the dark it is my dance companion
Maker of music, a slip of a dream
Chris Alba © 2009
14 comments:
Very nice imagery! Pretty. I like that you left the deadheads for the goldfinches ~ a gift for them from a something that gifted you. Sweet.
Have a nice weekend.
You'll find my Flash 55 ~ Skipping Stones posted.
hope you had fun in the garden...and enjoyed dancing with the shovel. smiles. great 55!
hope you have a happy halloween!
mine is up!
The gift of nature for your finches and a gift of 55 for us. My 55 is posted HERE.
How beautiful... One can feel evry detail of it, especially the lights the wind the palmm trees, your state...
Great 55!
As always...LOVE IT!!!
"the sky went down in flames of violet and orange"... love this. I'm sure the goldfinches appreciate your sweet compassion. Blessings to you.
Nice one Chris. My vegetable garden is doing great and the flowers are still blooming here.
Very colourful indeed and so descriptive, I liked this a whole lot.
See, now this is why I procrastinate. The finches, I mean. Not the slip of a dream.
You are on a comet, burning through the night. Your poetry speaks of this journey.
beautiful 55, didn't get mine up this week, but will try to catch everyones soon!!
You are so talented with these! I have to work so hard at creativity and you make it look so easy! I truely believe it is a gift...like the sunflower seeds for the birds! I think it's so cool you left them! So nice to have you back :o)
Chris...This was fantabulous!
Beautiful imagry...Even the part with the shovel!
Thank you for this uplifting little Gem, and have a Kick-Ass Week-End...G
well well written. and so good of you to leave the snacks for them birds a little while longer...
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