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Sunday Morning in Five Parts

Sunday, August 17, 2008

This tanka chain was written for Read Write Poem Prompt #40: “Be in the Moment”. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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I.
no clocks, only birds
signal the rising, blue dawn
soft, punctuated song
followed by the cadence of
a gentle, Sunday silence

II.
the rattling of plates
scrape upon scrape of old bones
dry, plastic, and worn
readied once again for their
Sunday, breakfast-time duty

III.
open, whispering
the language of turned pages
books speak a million
they tear the sky open in
quiet, Sunday, solitude

IV.
cicadas rattle
rising from ground up to sky
maracas, living
and speaking their songs loudly
to signal the coming heat

V.
no tunnel, empty
and open to past daytimes
I put on glasses
fresh, brand new, and unclouded
to see this Sunday morning

Written 8/17/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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11 Comments leave one →
  1. Noah permalink
    Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:46 pm

    I really really liked the line “books speak a million.” It speaks so much to me.

  2. Monday, August 18, 2008 9:01 am

    You describe a peaceful Sunday, full of quiet enjoyment.

  3. Monday, August 18, 2008 10:30 am

    Some lovely images of how life should always be.

  4. Monday, August 18, 2008 10:59 am

    You made it seem so easy.
    It was a delight to read them…

  5. Monday, August 18, 2008 11:09 am

    I like the way you take the five details and use them to open up a whole scene. Good work

  6. Monday, August 18, 2008 12:14 pm

    I liked the second one very much. All are great!

    plunging in the tunneled abyss

  7. Monday, August 18, 2008 1:59 pm

    This was great. I loved IV: cicadas as morracas to signal the heat.
    Beautiful!

    C

  8. Monday, August 18, 2008 2:11 pm

    Such peacefulness here! Love them all!

  9. Monday, August 18, 2008 7:38 pm

    Such a beautiful way to capture these moments–nicely executed.

    I particularly love these lines…

    “open, whispering
    the language of turned pages”

  10. Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:08 am

    you’ve focussed on sounds really well in this poem

  11. Thursday, August 28, 2008 2:11 pm

    Thank you, everyone…the prompt challenged me to think and observe in the here and now, and I’m glad I let myself be challenged. I’m glad you all liked this.

    -Nicole

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