Friday, September 08, 2006

White Throated Swift

Flying bugs must be nectar sweet
for a sickle-wing swift
to spiral and dive
like three ballerinas and a flute.

4 comments:

twitches said...

"three ballerinas and a flute"

I like that phrase.

Enjoy the great outdoors.

BessieSnickers said...

Have a great trip! I'll be driving through some similar terrain - do you have a pirate poet flag so I can recognize you in maybe Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado (route yet to be determined)?

abhay said...

You truly know how to live life!

urbanadder22 said...

The "swift" is suitable for haiku; tried it, too much for me; three lines, isn't it? Don't want to lose the spiral part--or the diving, but definitely the last line is perfect for haiku. What do you think?

Not that the poem isn't fine as it stands.