writing exercise 2
here's another writing assignment my poetry pal and i played with: write a six-stanza poem with the same question repeated between stanzas. Question: How does the sun warm them? i hear a hummingbird but cannot see it somewhere towards the tallest tree and out of range the crows in plain sight how does the sun warm them? it melts birdbath ice and feathers in the bowl blackbird statue on cement bowl that i sold to her friend as a gift how does the sun warm them? with surprise that it can be so cold and yet so brightly invigorating a daffodil migration in the corner of my smile rustling dead leaves of my heart how does the sun warm them? by being close enough to give life without scorching us to death--too near and it would burn, too far and we would freeze in place like the statue how does the sun warm them? it just does mysterious orb like love all-consuming yet never consumed, energy source which needs no replenishment how does the sun warm them...