30 June 2010

after a night ripped apart
by the quarrelling foxes
the dawn
soundless and soft
as the cockerel’s feathers

4 comments:

Paul Smith said...

This is great Dave. It takes me back many years to my grandparents fields. Usually chicken feathers though! Thanks for the journey.

Anonymous said...

Oh ... I could really hear this, and feel it, and see it ... thanks.

Area 17 said...

Love this poem!

after a night ripped apart
by the quarrelling foxes
the dawn
soundless and soft
as the cockerel’s feathers


Could be a 4 line haiku if done like this:

after a night ripped apart
by the quarrelling foxes
the dawn
soundless and soft


That "the" in the second line really works, glad you didn't edit it out.

or a tanka?

after a night ripped apart
by the quarrelling foxes
the dawn
soundless and soft
the cockerel’s feathers


all my best,

Alan
With Words
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Dave Serjeant said...

Hi Alan

thanks for the suggestions - look out for it in the next Blithe Spirit.

I included the cockerel's feathers of course, because the explanation of the soundless dawn and the quarreling foxes was evident all over my allotment plot later that day.

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