I am swift in flight,
born to pierce the air –
the sky weeps blue tears
and I am one. I am
the screaming in the wind,
the sunlight streaming –
I am an arrow shot
from sunrise to sunset,
the shot that
starts the summer.
My quadrille for my own prompt! My first quadrille prompt for dVerse. Come and have a look!
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That is exactly what swifts do. I can’t wait for them to arrive. another three weeks should do it.
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I find it amazing that swifts almost never cease flying… I wish we had more around where we live, but we have to do with swallows.
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I’m not surprised we both wrote about birds – from their point of view – being lovers of birds and nature. I love the thought that swifts are arrows born to pierce the air, marking the start of summer.
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Sarah, I was amazed at the information you gave about swifts. Your poem does justice to the spirit of the swift and its place in the season: “the shot that starts the summer.”
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I love to see the swifts darting through the skies in summer, and I love your portrayal of them here:
‘the sky weeps blue tears
and I am one’ – such poignancy and freedom!
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I found your prompt such an interesting read, (I am a sucker for a good nature fact.) I also love these lines “I am an arrow shot / from sunrise to sunset,”. There are so many poetic possibilities just in those words.
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There are so many beautiful phrases here–I can’t pull one out. Beautiful poem, Sarah. I also enjoyed all the information about swifts.
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i can’t wait for them to arrive. my day job overlooks a farmers field and i coul easyly forget to work when i watch them over the crop.
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Bravo, you are absorbed into the mind of the Swift
Happy Monday
Much💜love
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Lovely poem. In my childhood home, we had barn swallows who built their mud nests in our barn. They darted and swooped just as their cousins, the swifts, and they were very distinctive with their long forked tails.
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delightful poem that mirrors their movements!
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I especially enjoyed the (masterful) alliteration here, Sarah. Fine work. And thanks for the being the Prompter this time around. Write on!
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I can easily see this. I especially like “born to pierce the air”
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Beautiful images, Sarah!
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Nicely done. Great imagery.
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Oh this was so wonderful Sarah. I’m always fascinated by birds and find them so compelling to watch. Reading your poem I imagined I was a Swift ☺️
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This has great action and energy. I really like “born to pierce.” and how you keep with that idea. I would like a slow spring this year, so I wasn’t as excited by the reference to Summer 🙂
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Your images are swift and powerful, Sarah…awesome post and prompt!
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I struggled to pick a favorite line, Sarah, because it’s lovely from start to finish… but… I think I like this the most:
Yours,
David
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“the sky weeps blue tears/
and I am one”
This is the line that spoke the most to me. I think it is truly a testament to your writing that everyone in these comments chose a different favorite line! There were too many good lines to choose from!
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I enjoyed this. I like the empowering first two lines.
I am swift in flight,
born to pierce the air –
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the shot that
starts the summer.
One can feel the presence of the swift that is awaited for to trigger off the new season. Thanks for the rompt Sarah!
Hank
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What a beautiful poem Sarah.
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Enjoyed the alliteration and the flow in this. A great prompt!! 💯🥳
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Here on Oregon’s high desert, we must wait a bit for summer …. your Quadrille is lovely, thanks so much for the challenge.
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Lovely and beautiful poem… Liked it 🙂
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