The music caressed her ears asleep; light as the vapours of
morning dream. The stem of an orchid poised like hand;
while euphony rose and dawned on land. She woke with a
look of proud command.”Bring me oh wisdom of youth and
age; I long for the knowledge of chaparral and sage.”
Besotted with green lying covered in weed; bade blotches
of doubt not smother her creed. She looked not with eyes
but governed with mind,”Have I been so beguiled so as to
have turned blind.” Thus she heard the green woods sing;
beneath the low and enlivening wind.
Rain came down like silken strings;
Surfeit of sweet miraculous things.
Photo credits: www.magic4walls.com
For my prompt “When besotted with Green” tomorrow at 8:00 am EDT
Posted on poems written on Prompt Nights
Posted for Open Link Night @ dVerse Pub
I love how your poem smells of desert… the sage and chaparral, that’s such a wonderful place.. and when the rain comes life explodes. Love the internal rhymes here.
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What a lovely atmosphere you have created with your words.
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This is beautiful and lilting. It had a very calming effect on me starting with the first line. Plus I had to look up “euphony” and I always love when a poem makes me have to look up a word. Peace, Linda
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Lovely, verdant, hopeful & fecund, this one soothes & sings & hums with the heralding of Spring. The desert can be blissful, but I prefer the foothills of our looming mountains.
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Loved this prompt and what you have written in response.
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Lovely Sanaa, liked it very much.
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Lovely verses specially the ending couplet Sanaa ~ Thanks for sharing at D’verse ~
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Your words always feel romantic even when writing of the desert sage…beautiful as always, Sanaa, enjoyed very much.
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This is stunning, Sanaa. You are getting better and better!
This is profound:
“Bring me the wisdom of youth and age”
You make me want to be a better person.
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A lovely, fragrant, and calming poem!
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I loved the idea of rain in silken strings – we’ve had too much rain in steel rods here lately!
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“Bring me the wisdom of youth and age” – A wise request, as those with age have wisdom that comes with years, and youth have a different sort of wisdom: fresh perspective. Both are needed.
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This is my favourite of yours. I can see, smell, and hear it.
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To have “the knowledge of chaparral and sage”… What a delight that would be. Love the chant-like quality of this poem. The tone speaks of nature in bloom. ♥
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Really beautiful narrative you have here. Welcome to OLN.
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So pretty!
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“I long for the knowledge of chaparral and sage” Beautiful! This piece has a really nice rhythm.
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Thus she heard the green woods sing;
beneath the low and enlivening wind.
It confirms one’s nearness to nature’s goodness
Hank
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“The rain came down like silken strings” really made me tingle with delight.
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You’ve captivated so perfectly the beauty in the enlivening spirit of Nature …
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The painting is serene…..your words lilting and calm. I float with your words here. Absolutely beautiful. I “feel” this poem.
Late to the bar with a Saturday post, late for me reading also. So nice though, to read your words over my Saturday morning cup of coffee on the deck, with the kiskadees singing and the aquamarine waters of Bermuda lapping….
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Love these parting lines:
Rain came down like silken strings;
Surfeit of sweet miraculous things.
For me, the rain has always been great therapy for a lot of things, in your case, miraculous. Lovely choice of words. loves it!
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Well expressed. Like the style, Sanaa 🙂
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I was also caught up in those rainy strings. Lovely.
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Beautiful, enchanting and melodious. Loved reading it 🙂
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Pure magic Sanaa – reminded me of being little and believing in fairies…
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Whoa!!! luv that rain fall ending; got some rain in mine also, wrote it as a drizzle started
Much love…
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Wow, Sanaa! A powerful and vivid piece. Beyond poetic! Almost ethereal!
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“Thus she heard the green woods sing;
beneath the low and enlivening wind.” beautiful and the picture is lovely
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Your lovely words brings that wonderful smell of petrichor to my senses. Rain on the dry soil, is a smell I know well. I used to grow sage in the garden, too, and love that smell when you touch the leaves. Wonderful poem! 🙂
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I especially love the description of the rain quenching a thirsty land.
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Just…beautiful! Good rhyme and the pictures it brought up I loved it.
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I love the way this poem smells, of freshness and sage. You internal rhymes work well, and the last two lines are just perfect.
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Rain Loves LiFe..
Life Loves Rain..
Tear drops n0w
Nurture.. LiFe
Loves
Tears
drop…
Rain Loves LiFe..:)
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