Thursday, August 5, 2010

While Sophie slept

the white birds swooped into the trees



the giant beetle nose-dived into the pool, clicked and drowned



the alligator slid through the water, eyes dimmed and fathomless

brown pine needles drifted down



the breeze lifted the heated grasses




a fish jumped in an impossible arc

while Sophie slept.

14 comments:

deb said...

Eliabeth.
This was absolutely stunning.
Pure poetry.



( and speaking of which I wanted to email you after reading the poem by Marcia F. Brown today , Morning Song, on The Writer's Almanac.)

From the Kitchen said...

A lovely read before I sleep.

Best,
Bonnie

Ex-in-the-City said...

I present to you the award for the most gorgeous post ever.

Ms. Moon said...

I'm pretty much agreeing with Ex-In-The-City and like deb, I thought of you when I read this morning's poem. It's a good one. Not as good as this, though.
Night-night.

ANewKindOfPerfect said...

What a lovely image. I hope that Sophie's sleep was restful and uninterrupted.

Elisabeth said...

All this while Sophie slept in her nest of dreams.

Thank you Elizabeth.

You transform the struggle of life into a thing of beauty with your words and images.

Leslie said...

I'm glad Sophie slept. I hope she dreamed a dream as lovely as this.

blogzilly said...

Very cool.

Maggie May said...

these are so... moving.

Terra di Mare said...

While Sophie slept Elizabeth bore witness to the mysterious rhythm of the world.

adrienne said...

thank you.

erika said...

So beautiful.

rebecca said...

such
unexplainable
beauty.

kristenspina said...

Wow. Simply stunning. Most beautiful post. Ever.

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