Blackbirds Poem by Smoky Hoss

Blackbirds

Rating: 5.0


(- this is done in the tradition of 'Imagist' poetry, which was very popular in the 1910's and 20's... personally I still find it quite fascinating. - Smoky.)


- The blackest waters
Move, as flying...
The birds sail
Below, the sky crying -
It has been dark
All day...
Clouds and blackbirds
Get in the sun's way -
In the way they move
And flow,
In the way they stay
And go -
In a field
Of solid white...
The blackbirds
Are the dark of night.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
- Stevens wrote: 'The river is moving
The blackbird must be flying'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Juan Olivarez 04 April 2012

I totally agree with Eric and Patti, something very special about this piece.

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Eric Cockrell 30 March 2012

this is a masterpiece... can see what Patti was saying! well done!

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Patti Masterman 29 March 2012

Gosh, there is some magic in this, I don't know how you've done it but I am bewitched by this..(something about blackbirds stirs my imagination..?)

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Valerie Dohren 27 March 2012

This is great, I can just imagine the scene.

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