With a murmur
Of whirring wings
An eddy of starlings
Whirls into view
Swooping and diving
Waves of Indian ink
Staining the sky
Separating
Converging
Fluid and airy
Pointillist abstracts
Helices and pirouettes
Of an aerial ballet
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Love this Kim! Beautiful! X
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Thank you Jennifer 🙂
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My pleasure honey! 😘
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What a wonderful dance… I have never seen those big flocks… but it’s wonderful
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You describe their fluid flight so beautifully! It really is like an amazing dance.
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Such a wonderful response to the prompt 🙂
Beautifully rendered.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
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Thank you so much, Sanaa 😊
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This leaves me breathless. Absolutely gorgeous!
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Thank you!
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Love the aerial ballet as this is an amazing sight to behold ~ Also like that waves of Indian ink Kim ~
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I’m delighted you like it, Grace.
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The motion of flight is very apparent in your rendering. An impressive piece of poetics!
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Thank you, Walt 😊
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That “murmur of whirring wings” is just gorgeous.
And this:
“Waves of Indian ink
Staining the sky”
I can see this, so vividly. Lovely.
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Really enjoyed the ‘aerial ballet’ — such an enjoyable poem to read!
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You & I seem to undulate in parallel poetic colorings; great minds & all that. Murmurations arena of the sweetest mysteries in nature.
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There must be something about birds. There are so many in our garden and I love to watch them.
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Your poetics flow in a murmuring dance!
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Thank you, Lynn 😊
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I adore watching starlings. You’ve captured that very precise ballet of their perfectly.
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On my bucket list! I am fascinated by the murmurations of starlings.
Beautiful poem topped off by a spectacular video.
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I like the line “Waves of India Ink.” Makes me think of Lewis Carroll’s riddle “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” Although that’s not a starling.
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So few words, so beautifully done. The image of the India ink….and the pointillist abstracts are quite wonderful!
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Thank you 😊
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This is such a painted or tinted picture of the starlings. Lovely tribute to those birds.
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Thank you 😊
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Spiraling sky
Spiraling words
Spiraling waves
Bird moves..
connects
creates
ONE..:)
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