© Sascha Darlington
This is my first time writing to a dVerse–Poets Pub Prompt. If you wish to take part, you’ll find the information HERE.
Joyful Fugue
Chiles, eggplant, tomatoes
crave soil, capricious temperatures
stay my impulse to plant.
Soon, I think, soon.
Fingers splay in the dirt
Wiggle as worms.
When I was little
I would hold them
wonder about them
peer pressure prompted
change. Still on drenched days
their painstaking passage
gives pause, logic prevails.
Days lengthen, longer for growing
I welcome the sun as I once welcomed dark.
Since mortality pecked my nose
echoing temporary, temporary
thoughts emerge in darkness
like a mind worming through rich earth
time runs nigh, sighs turn inward.
The Spring barred owl call gives way
to lengthy trills of the mockingbird
deep into the night, joyful fugue.
end 5/9/2017
S. Darlington
Sasha, so happy to welcome you and your wonderful poem with all its imagery to dVerse. I hope we see a lot of you in the future. In the next day or so I’ll be out wiggling my fingers in the dirt. Yeah!
Thank you, Victoria, for the lovely welcome. I hope to plant this weekend. My tomatoes and peppers hope so too! 🙂
Such splendid imagery in this one!❤️ Beautifully penned 🙂
Thank you so much! 🙂
Great to see you here at dVerse. It’s a home for poetry as yours, I can sense your joy and need to restrain yourself in the garden,
Thank you. I appreciate your comments and giving me (as a would-be poet) a helping hand with creating.
so joyful, a real spring dance of the heart and senses
Thank you! 🙂
Wow! Beautiful imagery. 🙂
I’m impressed with the versatility of your writing, as well as the myriad of writing challenges you tackle. Where do you find the time and inspiration? Because you should be writing LINC & ANNIE! ( 🙂 Sorry, I’m hooked.) Nice poem, btw.
lol Linc and Annie took a detour when I couldn’t think of anything and started to burn things down. It felt just like panic during nanowrimo.
I force the inspiration. Time I try to force too.
And I am aided by the wonderful people who give me feedback, such as yourself. 🙂
The owl and mockingbird singing the fugue of spring… I can hear it now. I hope to read more of your poetry.
Thank you so much.
Welcome to dVerse. I look forward to reading more of your work. This is so well penned.
Thank you so much. Everyone is so welcoming! I appreciate your kind words.
Nice to see your poetry linked to dVerse…excellent write! It’s spring planting on our Iowa farm (and garden).
Thank you, Lynn. I’m trying not to blink too much because everytime I do Mother Nature decides to change the weather. The flowers are blooming so I THINK it’s spring. 🙂
A beautiful write. Can’t wait for more.
Thank you so much, Bev! 🙂
Wonderful!
Thanks! 🙂