To see what this is all about, watch this video first
Murmuration
The twilight clouds reflect on rippled water
‘til, speckle-flecked across the sky’s pale dome,
birds’ ink spot bodies form a flowing river
of dense-packed, flickering shapes in monochrome.
Amoebic like they split and shift formation,
dancing to instinctive music scores
in lissome, ribbon lines of short duration,
each line more graceful than the one before…
The darkness of their fluid movement fades
in swirling skeins and nets of twisting forms;
with every limpid shape their skill’s displayed
in aerial ballets, sprightly performed.
And so this miracle of night's wild scheme
will live - a half-light's shadow of a waking dream.
And I've linked this to Poets United
Boundless joy newborn! Them and fish- it is amazing! thanks.
ReplyDeleteThat was a wonderful video, Jinksy! Wow, it would be 'heaven' to really see something like that. I see geese flying over in formation, but they pale by comparison. Your description of them being amoebic like is so apt. And oh the way they twist and turn!
ReplyDeleteSwirling.... limpid... boundless... you use evocative descriptors, giving your readers a vivid mental scene. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written....loved this
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SueAnn
oh isn't it just amazing to see a murmuration? Lovely words to describe this wonder of nature!
ReplyDeleteWhile walking in our waking dreams
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunny video of those birds flying like flowing river, amoebic formation ~ So thrilling to see again and again ~ Thanks ~
ReplyDeleteI meant "stunning" ~
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteA tasty morsel! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLovely sonnet. You have captured the form and classical voice of the form perfectly.
ReplyDeletelove this poem - the beauty of birds en masse like this is jaw dropping. There is a unity in the whole which is both inspiring and marvelous. Your poem captures this beautifully. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful imagery!
ReplyDeleteMadeleine Begun Kane