Safe passage is but a fleeting thought
When leaving the sacred garden
Night birds dressed in indigo
Stand guard with wary eyes
Forbidden flowers
Drawing their ire
Beware their
Warning
Cry
Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #30 provides a painting and an option to use any of these words: indigo, cry, night bird, fleeting and forbidden.
Nonet ~ a poem of nine lines and a syllable pattern of 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, with rhyme optional
Image source: Wikipedia
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Nice nonet 🙂 I see you get a sense of the birds standing guard too.
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Thank you. I’m sure they are questioning the flowers in her hand.
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And she is telling them to keep their beaks to themselves.
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Those warning birds! 🙂 You do such a good job with nonets!
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Thanks.
They seem to be a default for me lately.
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Great finish…those last 3 lines really give a chill (especially if you’ve ever heard a peacock)
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Thanks!
Would that be a beguiling display, with a harpy’s charm?
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Well put!
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I love this Ken. You captured the drama perfectly! 😊
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🙂
Thanks!
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