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Window on Writing: Sing and Fly

March 2, 2011 By Sandra Heska King

Time lengthens and slows down. To work at a poem is to enter a sacred and timeless space, the field of infinite possibilities. It is a place of silences wherein the chief activities are watching and listening. ~Sandford Lyne in Writing Poetry from the Inside Out: Finding Your Voice through the Craft of Poetry.

Sing and Fly

sing

for sacred seed

and sun-splashed earth

word formed

and water kissed

embrace the light

wind the golden string

take wing and

fly.

“I give you the end of a golden string; / Only wind it into a ball, / It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate, / Built in Jerusalem’s wall.” ~William Blake

Note: Poem written through poem sketching as described in Writing Poetry from the Inside Out using the four-word group: kissed, sacred, water, fly.

Linking today with One Shot Poetry Wednesday.


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  1. Carol J. Garvin says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    Delightful chickadees and wonderful words, Sandra. These pictures must be from your new camera. 🙂

    Inspiration dips in, flutters nearby long enough to gather nourishment and then flits away again.

    • Sandra says

      March 2, 2011 at 8:22 pm

      I love that, Carol. Inspiration dips, flutters, and flits.

      Yep. The new camera. Still on auto settings, though. 😉

  2. dustus says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    Great poem. Has many elements (air, light, water, seed, birds, flight) combined harmoniously in short, well-formed lines.

    • Sandra says

      March 2, 2011 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks, dustus.

  3. Cassandra Frear says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    Great quotes, Snady!

    Yes, time does seem somehow to lengthen and slow down when we write. I love that quality about it. I wonder, too, if that’s a little glimpse of what God is like — who was, who is, and who will be the same forever.

    • Sandra says

      March 2, 2011 at 8:25 pm

      That’s a beautiful thought, Cassandra. And there are some really great quotes in this book.

  4. Cindee Snider Re says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    Ahhhh…really enjoyed this, Sandra! Felt my soul breathe, daily cares slide away, ready to soar into the pale blue winter sky with those last three lines. Thank you for a few delightful moments today.

    • Sandra says

      March 2, 2011 at 8:26 pm

      Thanks so much, Cindee!

  5. jerry says

    March 2, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    word formed…i like that! the images were cool. I like the spiritual tone of this.

    • Sandra says

      March 2, 2011 at 8:33 pm

      Thanks, Jerry. I just read your space bar poem. Now that was really cool!

  6. brian says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    i too like that it includes the elements…water kissed, nice…and i wanna fly!

    • Sandra says

      March 3, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      😀

  7. Jingle Poetry says

    March 7, 2011 at 10:04 am

    elegant imagery..
    well penned…

    Please feel free to share 1 to 3 poems with our potluck poetry today, first time participants could use old poems or poems unrelated to our theme, Thanks..
    Happy Monday!

  8. Steve Isaak says

    March 8, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Excellent use of sparse lineage, language. Perfect, in an appropriately quiet way.

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