the sounds are shifting
becoming
words that grow
wings but also
roots trees full
of birds
silent
except for chords
that travel wavelike
from synapse to synapse
intensifying
thought into song
is this what makes us
everything
is this the net
that shivers our bones
pulses our fingers
like strings
chanting
vibrations calling
to the empty spaces
that swallow us
and make us
whole
I was inspired today by Shuku’s post yesterday at The Great Unknown with its wild magical sounds. Off prompt for NaPoWriMo Day 16.
Also linking to dVerse OLN hosted by Lillian.
K. 
Love this ❤
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!!!! THAT COLLAGE. It is gorgeous! And awww thank you, I am honoured and thrilled that the poem inspired you (I was just experimenting with the bathroom muses as it were!)
words that grow
wings but also
roots
Now THIS inspires me, what a lovely, lovely image! ❤
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Thanks Shuku. I’m pleased that you like it! I was feeling uninspired until I read your post and listened to the music. Magical!
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I feel the collage is a visual representation of the orderliness of existence that we cannot see, being too close to it. And your words, as always – I like the tree references and once again, the sense of stability a tree gives.
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Thanks Claudia. I did have the tree of life in mind.
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A challenging, yet satisfying piece. Your last stanza puts me in mind of “the music of the spheres”. I. too, love any “words that grow wings”.
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Thanks Glenn. Your words often take flight.
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The illustrations are gorgeous! Words that grow wings and the sound of birds….lovely!
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Thanks Lillian. You can never have too many birds.
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I love that lattice cut overlaid on the emptiness, then filled with life. Your poem and your collage are a perfect mirror to each other. I think of that song by Talking Heads, “Wild Life” as I look at the collage. I can see where Shuku’s sound effect poem could inspire. This is the 2nd time I heard Albatross today. The first was at badfinger20’s post on the Peter Green days of Fleetwood Mac.
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Thanks Jade. The music that inspired Shuku was really amazing too. Albatross us one of Judy’s best songs I think.
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This is incredibly deep! 💝 I love the idea of sounds “becoming words that grow wings.” Wow 🙂
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Thank you! I had good inspiration.
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some say all life is, is ‘just’ vibration. well i think you’ve really got that resonating here!
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Thanks! The music inspired me.
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I like those empty spaces that swallow us and make us whole. Very colorful birds and blossoms.
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Thanks Frank. The colors of nature always brighten the day.
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I say you’re always on prompt when you’re inspired by a featured poet 😉 I love the vibe of this one. Beautiful!
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Thanks Angela. Shuku always makes me think.
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She has that effect indeed 🙂
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I love the collage, Kerfe, and the poem, the way t starts and ends with sounds, everything is moving and evolving. taking flight, and the lines:
is this what makes us
‘is this the net
that shivers our bones
pulses our fingers
like strings’.
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Thanks Kim. The music inspired the sounds.
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Beautiful collage so brilliantly depicting the voids ‘between.’ And so much more striking with them than without! 💥
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Thanks Bela. The birds were my starting point here and they are always a good place to begin.
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I really like your collages and also the part about “thought into song.”
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Thanks. Thought can take many forms–song is a good one.
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The way you turn this music into something that fills you is very satisfying.
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Thanks Bjorn.
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Birds and trees (especially when beside a river) are the answer to much that plagues us.
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I am lucky that my birds and trees afford me glimpses of the river at least. Perhaps I will venture down to it one of these days. I’m still just sticking to the path along the outer edge of the park.
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