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| artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein |
She built a nest within her head
in hopes to hatch new dreams
creating a kingdom, a fortress
keeping her safe, until her knight
finds his way to
her....
She built a nest within her head
in the palm of her hand a songbird
under dazzling starlight, songs
echo through whispering trees
sonnets of love filling misty air
She built a nest within her head
dancing under golden moonlight
on feather light feet, embracing
distant melodies, poetic verses
spilling from her heart
She built a nest within her head
dreaming of romantic courtship
in a garden of roses, a troubadour
gently strums a seductive tapestry
of sound...
She built a nest within her head
woven with love twig by twig
held together with earthly soil
an intricate design to weather
the storms of her mind...
She built a nest within her head
in hopes to hatch new dreams
creating a kingdom, a fortress
a place for her to rest
a place for her to believe
a place for her to believe
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I like the idea of building a nest to hatch dreams.
ReplyDeleteThis mysterious woman, so spiritual. The imagery is so evocative of an etherial being
ReplyDeleteLovely thoughts and form! The rhyme and meter sound like a ballad.
ReplyDeleteI was immediately captured by the opening lines and was delighted that they were repeated in each stanza - very effective. Your poem is so dreamlike and 'feather light'! And I agree with Lynn about the rhyme and meter sounding like a ballad.
ReplyDeleteA nest to house and let the dreams hatch as they may sure is a great way at any bay.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good interpretation of the artwork. We all build nests.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the repetition in each stanza and then the added closure of the almost-completely-repeated first stanza at the end...with that final statement, "a place for her to believe."
ReplyDeleteAnd these words,
"poetic verses
spilling from her heart"
seem absolutely a sublime description of her demeanor. I love this image (I used it to) and you've written so beautifully for it. The flow and feeling...so very well done!
Oh, True, this is truly magic.
ReplyDeleteI want that nest.
Hi Truedessa - lovely poem .. I shall be dreaming of nests in my head today ... really clever - cheers Hilary
ReplyDelete"She built a nest - a fortress
ReplyDeletea place for her to believe" I can relate to that
Your next to last stanza is very strong; for me it is the heart of the piece. This prompt was tailor-made for you--as you found the mythos, fantasy & magic in the art.
ReplyDeleteThe repetition works so well... amazing how humans can build fantasies like that...
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine
ReplyDeleteMay it be like a very good wine :)
So wonderful! Isn't that what we poets do, build a place to rest, to believe?
ReplyDeleteI love the nest in her head whrre she hatches dreams. My new favourite of yours, my friend. So beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteI love this image and I love your words!
Big Hugs!
beautiful tribute to this lady with the downcast eyes, you seemed to read her mind.
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