Photo: arievendervelden.com
perfection isn’t
raucous stellar jay punctuates the silence
sets ablaze the dead maple with electric blue.
i miss the lauds of mockingbird
humbly clothed in gray and white.
Photo: Wikipedia
Linked to dVerse MTB where we are playing with contrasts.
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
Simple but rather dramatic in it’s way. Well done, Victoria. I like it.
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Beautifully done Victoria in not so many words. That’s great!
Hank
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When I see a Jay I always think of Mark Twain’s “What Stumped the Blue Jays. … “Now, on top of all this, there’s another thing; a jay can out-swear any gentleman in the mines”. …
Wonderful contrast of the two birds.
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I do so like this. Using the birds with their plumage, voices – wonderful and interesting contrasts. Simple and right on point.
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Who is to say what perfection is? Your poem really gets to the heart of that question with surgical precision. I am always in awe of how you make words bend to your will, V. 🙂 ❤
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LOVE this contrasting balance. Perfection.
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Haha…what a balance….the nature teaches us valuable lessons…and all of them (birds too) perfection! Love :)x
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what would we be void of color…
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Lovely contrasts.
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Ha. So you have a preference for music. I hear you. I would hope to find morethng beyond beauty, beyond what is skin deep, you know.
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I think the pictures, particularly of the mockingbird, really bring together the contrasts. The grey and white are absolutely majestic despite the modest feign.
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Oh My, I LOVE your contrasts–gorgeous.
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Reblogged this on Book Promotion Resources.
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The colourful plumage is not really what gives a great singer. The jay might have its color but the mockingbird have the voice.
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Perfection IS this little poem.
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Great contrasts of color and sound. Perhaps the mockingbird applauds the performances, and is so, the bluejay misses it too.
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never much thought about the call of different birds….though I do enjoy when you can pickup the call and response…sometimes I wonder what they’re saying.
I do like the contrast in the first stanza of the jay puncturing the silence.
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I like how you appeal to our senses through colors and sounds, Victoria. ‘sets ablaze the dead maple with electric blue.” – my favorite line!
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Ah.. yes.. i guess.. that is why the Mocking bird
repeats what is said.. by birds.. the mask
of colors.. come by beaks of others..:)
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I enjoyed the variation in the sounds of the two birds. I really love the look of the stellar jay.
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Wonderfully clever to give us contrasting images to heighten the opposition. We never see jays in W. WA.
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Love the contrast between raucous and silence….it brings to mind a staccato effect….the raucous punctuating the silence in a sort of staccato sort of way. Lovely effect!
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