the wind looks happiest
in a blue flapping flag
– mid-winter
“I’m staying alone at Christmas,”
said the old cashier
in the singing tree
starlings outnumber the dead leaves
– mid-winter
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #7 Christmas stress (meditation), another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s BB King –
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Beautiful poem Blake. Wish you a wonderful Christmas.
Thanks, Chèvrefeuille. And a very happy Christmas to you and all your family, too 🙂
Beautiful in an eerie way. It’s good to know the starlings outnumber the leaves.
Yes they all congregate in the tallest tree hereabouts and sing their hearts out when the mood takes them 🙂 Thanks, and happy new year!