Tuesday, April 16, 2019

2420


climate change
making hot days hotter
oh to hear
the song of a skylark
to add joy to my day

© gillena cox 2019


Blog hopping with

Carpe Diem #1648 skylark (hibari),

Chèvrefeuille's prompt is classical kigo - skylark (hibari) I do not know of this bird here in Trinidad and Tobago, so i did some research and came upon a poem To a Skylark by Shelley which is the inspiration to my response to the prompt. I couldnt fit my thought into a haiku so i wrote a tanka.

The skylark, more particularly its song, symbolizes ultimate joy. The speaker, Shelley in this case, asks the skylark to teach him this joy in order that he might give his poetry the same blithe quality of the skylark's song.

Teach me half the gladness

That thy brain must know,

Such harmonious madness

From my lips would flow



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ENJOY THE MUSIC

4 comments:

Kim M. Russell said...

A skylark is certainly a joy to hear - and so is the wonderful Ella Fitzgerald!

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Kim

Much❣love

Life Images by Jill said...

thank you for the lovely song from Ella. I love this era of music. Thank you. Have a lovely weekend ahead and thank you for stopping by my blog this week.

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Jill

Much❣love