Spring French-knots the moors
with purple among rusted ferns,
embroidering the tapestry
of senses as the season turns,
growing like a melody that slides
into the senses on tumbling notes of birds
and the scattering of morning light
knotted together by a poet’s words.
Kim M. Russell, 22nd March 2021
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: Knot
Mish is back this Monday with a new word for the Quadrille, our 44-word prompt: ‘knot’.
She says the word has many possibilities as both noun and verb, that we can play with knotless, slipknot, unknot, knotty, knottier, knotlike, knotholes, and even interknot and reknot, feel the love knot or tie the knot. Mish even dares us to use pseudoknot!
writing in north norfolk 
Just lovely Kim, like a condensed sonnet! Very hard with the word limit. And yes, the heather does look like French knots!
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Thank you, Ingrid! I like the idea of a condensed sonnet.
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I like any kind of sonnet 🙂
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I love the artistry of with French knotting, embroidering the scene before our eyes and then layering it further with light and music…..”tumbling notes of birds”….what a wonderful phrase.
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Thank you so much, Mish!
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Gosh, this is beautiful. Birds, french knots, and ferns. What a combination.
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Thank you, Marilyn!
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Each line works separately as notes in a song. What a wonderful spring ditty, Kim!
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Thanks muchly, Lisa!
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You’re very welcome.
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This is so wonderful… spring with french knots and fern… love the sound of it, and a condensed sonnet is a fantastic idea.
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Thank you, Bjorn!
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I love this, Kim! Originally I was going to write something more about nature and knots–but you did it so beautifully. I love the french knots and the appeal to the senses. This is so lovely!
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Thanks so much, Merril,!
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This is beautiful Kim. It feels like a Sonnet when read aloud. Really like how the senses and knot’s ties everything together like it goes round and round.
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Thank you, Helene.
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Lovely use of the prompt, Kim. So lyrical.
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Thank you, Sarah. x
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I love the idea that the poets words knot the whole scene together! 🙂
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Thank you, Evan! 🙂
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This is lovely, Kim!
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Thank you, Na’ama!
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🙂
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Your words are so beautifully narrated, anyone would want to visit Spring there
Happy Monday
Much💜love
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Thank you, Gillena. Happy Monday! 🙂
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Lovely poet’s know. Love the delicacy of the imagery.
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poet’s nod—
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Thank you!
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Awesome work, KR; and you make it look so easy. I don’t know why I struggled so much with this one…
You rock, Sister; and that photo is WOWZA!
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Thanks so much, Ron! I took that photo in Yorkshire on the moors years ago. I hope I get to go there again.
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Such a uniquely beautiful braiding of french knots…to see the heather in spring, thanks for sharing, Kim!
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Thank you for your lovely comment, Lynn!
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That is just stunning. The poem and the photo both, Kim.
Wow.
-David
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Thank you, David. High praise indeed.
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The french knots are breathtaking as your words. A nice escape this Monday! ❤
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Thanks Tricia!
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Such lovely and beautiful imagery throughout your words.
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Many thanks, Lucy.
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Beautiful images. “embroidering the tapestry
of senses as the season turns”… exceptional line!
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Thank you so much, Susan!
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This is very beautiful. I absolutely love “growing like a melody that slides
into the senses on tumbling notes of birds.”
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
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your poem has movement in it, yet the pic is so still … they join together like a sea of purple glee, lovely!
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Thank you, Kate!
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Very well done. Love your Knotty flowers…and this line in particular…
embroidering the tapestry
of senses as the season turns,
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Thanks so much, Dwight!
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Beautiful imagery! Love the landscape you have portrayed.
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Thank you, Carol.
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Beautiful descriptions of how seasons change…
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Thank you, Reena.
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Just like French knots. I’m sure the landscape is what originally inspired embroidery. (K)
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Quite right!
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I have no idea why, but I heard this in James Earl Jones’ rich mellifluous voice. Twixt your enchanting words, the lovely visual of the added image and my mind giving me sound, this was magnificent.
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Thank you so much,, Raivenne. It would sound very different in my voice!
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This like the fabric of a landscape.
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I don’t know French knots but I can imagine! Beautiful visuals.
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Such a lovely lyrical piece Kim.
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Thanks so much, Linda.
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This is just lovely.
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Thank you, Xan.
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Lovely! I wish to see the heather on the moor. Thank you for taking me there with your words.
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I’m so pleased you enjoyed it,. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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knotted together
by a poet’s words.
Goes to show the tenacity of poetic language that can affect mental persuasion! Nicely put Kim!
Hank
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Thanks Hank!
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Oh, this is beautiful Kim. The last two lines just pulls it together. 🙂
Pat
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Thank you so much, Pat! 🙂
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