12.29.2004

7:00 a.m. (reworked)

Dead still
morning
boots print noiseless tracks
in roadside powder
pink glow rims the horizon
star-spattered sky
Frost crystals twinkle in the moonlight

The frozen lake is speaking again
creaks
Blurbps
reverberations from depths beneath the ice
sonorous and eerie likewhales talking
powerlines reply
icy-crisp
extraterrestrial
chatter and buzz
An owl comments from nearby trees
adding quavery staccato to the conversation.
I pause and listen
They're speaking my language


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the poem form better... lends itself more naturally to onomatopoeia. Did you write that this morning?

-katie

Anonymous said...

I like the poem.
Have you thought of writing a song from it? Perhaps using elements of it, or even just expanding on the last line. . .

-Lisa

Stephanie said...

Thank you two soo much for the feedback!! I hadn't thought of making it a song, but now that you mention it maybe I will....I'm in a writing mood lately. btw...Katie I found Chris's and Jon's blogs through yours on livejournal, think I might post a hello....