Coaxing the Muse; Nature's Stew
March 17th 2007 15:17
You need to write, but the words don't come easily, your muse is sitting in a tree, dropping seeds from on high. You lay a blanket at the base, open a wicker basket and begin to eat of the fruits of the Orchard, just yonder of the lightning trail. She watches the juices dribble down your chin, she is coaxed down, and together you sit, eating. She spies your carafe of cool stream water, you notice her lips are parched, and offer her a drink. She nods heartily, sips, and sips again, and then begins, shyly at first, to tell her stories....
Let's Make Stew
Nature's Stew
Velvet capes and no shoes.
Up the Maple tree, they could see
the winking lights of the city.
I looked up and watched as they
pointed out buildings and gasped
as dusk blushed alive over the horizon.
How i wished to climb that tree,
see through the eyes of a child.
They brought down fresh green leaves
and began to gather wood roses
and weeds, petals, twigs and grass.
Into the basket it all went.
A potato masher and whisk,
and they were ready to brew
nature's stew.
~Lily
Velvet capes and no shoes.
Up the Maple tree, they could see
the winking lights of the city.
I looked up and watched as they
pointed out buildings and gasped
as dusk blushed alive over the horizon.
How i wished to climb that tree,
see through the eyes of a child.
They brought down fresh green leaves
and began to gather wood roses
and weeds, petals, twigs and grass.
Into the basket it all went.
A potato masher and whisk,
and they were ready to brew
nature's stew.
~Lily
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Comment by Wendi
Kudos,
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Comment by Lily
Ars Poetica
funny that you should love 'blushed alive', as it was the one part I changed when i posted... t'was originally 'dusk came alive' ... just couldn't leave dusk without any colour...
blessings,
~Lily
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
And this is lovely.
Not just the poem....but the poetic prologue....
Comment by Lily
Ars Poetica
or is that a smudge of choc?
thank you dear of heart..
~Lily