Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Silencing the Birds


If I clap my hands near a tree full of noisy starlings, they will fall silent.

But what noise can I make to silence the chirping in the tree of my mind?

1 comment:

Dr. Mike said...

Siegfried

Having tasted dragon’s blood
He can hear all of nature
Singing the future of the planet

Whippoorwills through pines become
Clarinets in the string section
Heading toward extinction

Now there’s a flute. Here come
The horns, brash and brazen
Fanfare in a parade

So little remains in winter
Thin reeds wheedle razor
Sharp shrieks down steel tracks

Dissonance in a dry land
Jets swoop overhead
On a bombing run

[Disposable Poem December 2, 2009]
Dr. Mike