It germinates in the slow melody
of water glinting in the shallows
of the mind’s eye,
the interplay of reeds and light
that whisper through the open window
in the dead of night.
A brilliant fluorescence lifts
and shifts shape into a metallic
demoiselle rising
in the mesmeric shimmering
of wings, and the early morning sun
catches fire in its flight.
Kim M. Russell, 8th August 2018
My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Of Poems, also linked to ttps://dversepoets.com/2018/08/09/celebrate-with-me-today/
This Thursday, Sumana asks us to write poems about poems and has shared a quotation from Spike Milligan, as well as poems by Charles Bukowski, Billy Collins, Pablo Neruda, Frank O’Hara, William Carlos Williams and Maya Angelou, all for our inspiration.
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Gosh, that’s so beautiful! Wow!
“in the shallows
of the mind’s eye”–you make this a real place so I can imagine the rising with the dawn.
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Thank you so much, Susan!
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Luv the juxtaposition of morning light on the wins of the insect
Happy Wednesday Kim
Much💐💛love
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Inspiring, Kim! Like watching a phoenix take flight! 🙂
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Beautiful Kim. I will not quote any line because I would copy and paste the whole thing. I especially love your use of the word demoiselle.
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Thank you, lovely Toni.
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This is so lovely, especially the closing lines….Wow!
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Thank you, Sherry!
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Sigh. I feel like that I am sitting at the edge of this wetland, watching life unfold before me. Thank you, Kim, bringing this image into my life.
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Thank you so much, Therisa. 🙂
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Ahhha – love it! Love it! Love it!
Love dragonflies. And les demoiselles, of course too. and this poem captures that magical essence of poeming, of how it is reeds and stalks and light and lines, and flow of water and wings … and well, let’s just say … you’ve penned a bit of magic here Kim. Metaphorically and as a slice of poetic reality for heaven.
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Thank you so much, Pat. I was worried that people might get fed up with me writing about dragonflies, damselflies and demoiselles. But for me, nature is poetry. 🙂
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well, follow your heart and write what pleases you, yes?
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Yes, the birth and formation of a poem is wonderful often a difficult birth but what joy when it finally emerges ready to meet the world. What a great metaphor.
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Thanks Robin!
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OMG! It’s as it were a lotus coming out and spreading its petals. Love, love, love the imagery in every line. Such a picturesque poem & brilliant, as always.
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Thank you so much, Sumana. Your comments mean a lot to me.
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“shifts shape” “mesmeric shimmering.” “the interplay of reeds and light”
sooo sooo beautiful here. Exquisite imagery! And yes, a wonderful comparison to how a poem is born, stutters a bit, takes shape and then a new shape and then soars. Love the image as well.
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Thank you so much, Lill.
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I love the description on the birth of a poem… it’s like it has wings of its own.
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They do!
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A mighty metaphor, vibrating on silicone wings, jigging on dust particles within beams of light–the birthing of a poem is magical, and the prompts vary so radically; loved this piece.
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Thank you kindly, Glenn!
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LOL. And every time I say to myself, people are tired of me writing about the moon I go, I don’t care. I am writing for me. I never tire of your poems Kim. On secondreading this is even better.
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You’ve made my evening, Toni – thank you so much!
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Words on the wings of dragonflies.
Nice, Kim.
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Thank you, Ken!
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I like this description: “the mesmeric shimmering
of wings”. I can see how that shimmering could be mesmeric.
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I love spotting dragonflies. We’ve had a couple of days of rain so they have been hiding away. I hope to see a few more shimmering before the summer’s over.
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“in the shallows of the mind’s eye”… that is such a striking image! ❤ Beautifully rendered.
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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A real beauty Kim, I love how it all begins when you say ‘It germinates in the slow melody
of water glinting in the shallows’ :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia! After two days of rain we have sunshine again this morning – I hope you do too! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you Kim, we have only had a few isolated showers and could do with some more rain! 🙂💖 xxx
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I’d like to think my inspiration took of so brilliantly 🙂
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Thank you, Jane! 🙂
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🙂
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‘off’
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I love the word ‘demoiselle” — lovely poem!
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Thank you, Jo!
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kaykuala
It germinates in the slow melody
of water glinting in the shallows
of the mind’s eye
That’s how it starts to take shape eventually so brilliantly in your hands, Kim!
Hank
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Thank you so much, Hank – your comment means a lot!
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I love the way you have celebrate the writing of a poem… starting slow catching the sun exploding into new inspiration.
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Thank you, Dwight. I’ll be over to read poems in a while.
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Simply beautiful, Kim. (And I was thinking the same thing as Jane.) 🙂
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😊
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I have read this three times and each time I am in awe. Your words, together are so complete.
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Thank you, Linda. You’re very kind.
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The melody of water and the shimmering of wings…exactly dragonflies! (K)
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😊
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A beautiful combination of words and photo. I really like the title.
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Thank you, Ali!
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lovely work with arrangement of words !
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Thank you so much!
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how beautiful x
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Thank you so much, Celeste!
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This is really beautiful.poems like these inspires me try harder on my writing.
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Thank you so much, Maanya.
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welcome
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My pleasure
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inspiring!
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Thank you, Ash!
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no worries, if you could check out my work that would be awesome x
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