Sunday, April 3, 2016

Ikebana



Her ikebana*
has been found
by pale
bricks.

The Archaeopteryx bird
a feather, claws
stuck in a crown
grid.

The burnt out heart
entwined in
the cells and skin
net.

Who sang an epiphany
around the old pond's
fence nailed
neck?

Read more at: Magpie Tales 

9 comments:

  1. Quite the hair raising experience

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  2. well- I looked up ecibany and it wasn't found- funny how that works ...must just be a bad hair day!

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  3. Im not ashamed to admit...I dont know how to pronounce like 3 of those words. TO GOOOOGLEEEE

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  4. Ikebana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana

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    1. In this particular context I meant the spiritual connection humans and nature. Thank you for reading, ecibany - just another name for Ikebana, sorry that made you to research. Thank you for reading!

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  5. Lovely, I had to read this several times to savor each stanza.

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  6. claws stuck in a crown... very intriguing

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  7. Ah yes, the claws stuck in a crown grid, clever words. I wanted to post for this magpie too but I ran out of time! I like what you did with it.

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