Friday, April 24, 2009

break through

Today's napowrimo prompt asked us to write about sound...

the Little Spokane

is loud with frogs and geese come

north where they belong


my winter ears stretch

and yawn, lean in to hear such

impossible song

11 comments:

  1. oh I love this, yes it does seem like impossible song doesn't it?

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  2. I love the idea of winter ears struggling with the new sounds.

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  3. I think you have chosen the perfect form for your subject matter, Erin!

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  4. How nice these two haiku stanzas work together. I love "winter ears."

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  5. We have forgotten how to listen to the nature's song..

    moon eats sugar puffs

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  6. "...my winter ears stretch..." I love that part.

    Amazing poem. I love nature references, but can never seem to make them work. I'm jealous!

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  7. This is a gem. I love the image of winter ears stretching and yawning. And the rhyme and rhythm flows carries it along elegantly. I remembered kayaking on the Spokane R. as a teen. It was beautiful.

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  8. nicely done...i think i had a frog in my poem today also

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  9. Each of us hears different meanings in the same sounds.

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