over the rooftops

I wrote this for NaPoWriMo 2012, the last poem of the series. I wrote this on a wet rainy day looking out from my kitchen window, and this piece was also partly inspired by a Henry David Thoreau poem.

I should have written something more cheerful, but I had a very tough week at work, so I think this will do. :)




photo by camellia
image frrom morguefile.com




over the rooftops


over the rooftops from which the blackbirds have passed
the clouds hung like a wet veil as the evening retreated
a flash of lightning lit up a second, white as a shroud
the wind moaned by, trapping dust and leaves in its blast.


30/04/2012
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and this is the poem that inspired the above :


On Fields O'er Which the Reaper's Hand Has Pass'd


On fields o'er which the reaper's hand has pass'd
Lit by the harvest moon and autumn sun,
My thoughts like stubble floating in the wind
And of such fineness as October airs,
There after harvest could I glean my life
A richer harvest reaping without toil,
And weaving gorgeous fancies at my will
In subtler webs than finest summer haze.

-- Henry David Thoreau


I am posting this for Poetry Pantry #129 at Poets United.

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©cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2012