It's that time again to let the words flow as they will, as prompted by an image. In this case, one I have manipulated from an old photograph I took while in India.
Pearl Of The Night
shimmering in the blanket of black that is the tropical universe
glimmering through the counterpane of eucalypts and star-sparked raindrops
whispering to the vapours of the void twixt thee and all that's here
glistening in the reflected light that is your brother's warmth yet
chillening the eye that gazeth upon thee no burning thine
whimpering I blur thee with the salted water heart drops blinding
soakering you absorb and exalt the ripping tearing egotist
soothening and leavening and calming and resizing everything.
©Yamini Ali MacLean 2021
You are amazing! xx
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful photo and verse.
ReplyDeletewhat a great photo!!! and yes, this month was shorter than february... how can this be?
ReplyDeleteCan we say our first thought on seeing the image was 'praying mantis'? Pearls must be a theme this month https://tiggerswee-blog.blogspot.com/2021/05/final-friday-fiction-bear-with-pearl.html: (but we don't write like you do). Evocative and suggestive of a deep searching within the soul at that time.
ReplyDeleteSoakering - now that's anew word!!! Very good though. I like the images that poets and writers convey. J A Baker who wrote The Peregrine (read it - best nature book ever!) described the flight of bats as their 'dry freaking' - that's just so good.
ReplyDeleteHari Om
DeleteI've relegated myself from any more book purchases until I have reduced my current and rather excessive pile... but it has been duly noted and 'wishlisted'!!! Yxx
Beautiful
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and yes, I do think that May flew by quickly.
ReplyDeleteAunty YAM what a beautiful photo and OMCs your words are magical.
ReplyDeleteMay was here and gone in a flash
Hugs Cecilia
you know what? it was so quick I totally forgot what day it is and even have one in drafts that could have been used. my brain has been in a fog and not functioning as it should.. agree with Cecilia magical words and photo
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful poem, and if read with thought provokes the most touching images. I have no poetry to share, but...when I look at that intriguing picture, I see, through a round window, a very young child, probably a black child because of the hair, who is throwing his head back while being held.
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Delete...oh yes, I see it too! &*> Yxx
The poem evokes an atmosphere that I'm struggling to pin down!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, such a circle of emotion....
ReplyDeleteHere is the Pup's FFF post!
Beautiful poem. You really do have a gift.
ReplyDeleteKlem
What a lovely photo and poem. We agree that May seemed to fly past.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo and prose. namaste, janice xx
ReplyDeleteHi Yam - Pearl of the Night totally describes your poem with its photo ... delightful. Cheers Hilary
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