Celestial Sofa Poem by Adrian Flett

Celestial Sofa
There's mist in the gorge today
early sun nudges as it floats
wisp by wisp eases away
to join the oriole's notes
with cobbled clouds to form
a fainting, Celestial sofa.

The sacred ibis chevron
pierces the cobbled highway,
a disciplined measured throng,
over its cobbles in smooth sway.
Strong Vee shape outlined by
A fainting Celestial sofa.


The huge Vee races in unison.
There's a gentle urgency in the view
of each thrust of wing, a vision
of silent power, slicing through
the sight of cobbled sky against
a fainting Celestial sofa.