This is a first attempt at Paul’s prompt for dverse this evening.Contrapuntal poetry is like a cleave poem but without the stark contrast between the two halves.
Trees tremble in the wind
and twitter like storm-blown finches
fluted musical columns staunch and unyielding
where birds sing leaves cling to the bending bough
and indomitable life that rides the rain
hums the eternal song of the earth
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Very classy, Jane. There’s a song like quality to this, for me – call and refrain.
I’m glad you found that 🙂 Thank you!
This is beautifully rendered 💜 I love the delicate imagery of the poem.. such a Wordsworth touch to it 😊
Thank you, Sanaa! I’m so pleased you enjoyed it 🙂
I liked the pairing of “birds sing leaves cling”.
I’m pleased you picked up on that 🙂
This is lovely and I really like the last three combined verses so much.
Thank you! Those trees are ever-present.
I love the music of the birds singing to the undertones of the humming of indomitable life, Jane.
Thank you!
I love this.. even more so, because the birdsong outside is really stunning this time of the year.
Thanks Bjorn 🙂 The birds make such music all the time!
Beautiful, Jane. I was out yesterday, so just catching up now. I thought this was like a cleave poem, too. I like the musical language of this, and this line/pair:
“where birds sing leaves cling to the bending bough”
Thank you 🙂 The only thing I have against this idea is that it requires formatting and if the words aren’t enough, I worry the poem doesn’t work, that it’s more a sleight of hand.
Yes, the formatting can be a pain. But hopefully the poems would work anyway.
It can. I did a third poem and ended up scratching the second one altogether. It didn’t seem to add anything or make much sense on its own. A case of why make something simple when you can make it complicated?
Yes, sometimes–like any poem–it works, and sometimes not. 🙂
I like the flutes and birds over the drumroll of the oncoming storm. Symphonic.
Thank you, Amaya 🙂
Delightful music of mature. A stunning example of the form.
Thank you, Paul.
Exquisite! All three “melody lines.” The imagery is truly beautiful…and all build to the eternal song of the earth. Wonderfully done!
Thank you, Lillian—I hear that song all day!