Wind Shine
A poem and pictures to make you smile.
A Precarious Night
Whistling a warning
the winter wind
whooshes down
Cuyamaca Mountain,
fast as a high-speed
train. Squirrels and
rabbits huddle in
their holes. Tree
swing rocks n rolls.
Manzanita twigs
shake their Mexican
maracas. Giant oaks
dance the rumba.
When the sun comes
up our horses aren’t
in their pasture. I worry
they’ve blown away,
but then discover
Jerry put them
safely in the barn
before the fray.
Jill G. Hall
Published in The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry – Winter 2016
Where are the horses?
Do you see the barn?
Poetry always win
Beautiful use of words
Thank you
Claire-lise, Thank you for reading my poem and for the compliment. I hope your own art creations are going well!
Beautiful poem. I especially love the first line with all the alliteration. Keep sharing those creative bursts.
Leslie, Thank you for the encouragement! I was afraid I had overdone it with all whose w’s, but I just couldn’t cut a one. They sound like the wind too maybe even considered onomatopoeiactic.
I love your poem! And didn’t know you had horses now! I am getting the pull to take some creative writing type of class as I am feeling the stirring inside to write a book – a memoir type of book with many life lessons/teachings within the story. Are you teaching classes? I am inspired right now by reading “Ensouled Language” – a deep read for writers who want to access the deeper altered state when writing so their words are alive and soulful rather than mechanical.
Anyway I love your blogs and still need to read your book!
I like the photos you post to synchronize with your writing.
Shivam, We’ve had horses for years now. Jerry is quite the cowboy! I don’t have any classes coming up right now but I know you have lots of great stories to tell. For memoir I suggest Judy Reeves and Marni Freedman at San Diego Writers, Ink. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
Lovely Jill!
Thanks, Mary.
Wind shine! Love that. And of course, worrying that the horses got blown away makes me smile, too.
Thanks Jill for posting.
I’m glad to make you smile.
Love this! And I do have a special place in my heart for alliteration! Ha! Thank you for sharing ~
Indy, Thanks! I do love to use alliteration!
Very nice, especially loved the pictures with it. Nice touch.
Edith – I never used to take pictures but since I’ve had my i-phone I take them all the time! Paying attention like that has helped me with my writing.
Lovely. It did make me smile. Nice imagery.
Julia
Julia, Thanks!