i.
bald patches on wings
show where butterflies have shed
the bloom of their youth
ii.
late Spring stars, pastel
green & cream, teeter over
a red passion point
iii.
the sunrise place shows
the price to be received, or
the price to be paid
iv.
fish for dinner means
the dull knife scrapes the wrong way,
scales fly everywhere
v.
the indigo just
shed its skin, gleaming black-blue,
(dry, soft, tasting musk)
vi.
hairspray mists around
teased hair stripped roughly downward
for the school’s Spring play
vii.
dark surrounds the flame
of one lit candle, carried
by a voice singing,
its melody bent modal,
as it winds from old to new
Interesting. Sort of like the mind fliting from place to place as you try to fall sleep at night.
You have the most interesting reads on my poems.
For this one, I actually planned it out, wrote an outline, did background research, and prioritized & pruned the topics selected. I worked on this for a couple days in the background. I had in mind “13 ways of looking at a blackbird” http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15746