Photo: V. Slotto
the color of longing
a quadrille
early winter doldrums
sky heavy with payne’s gray clouds
birds silent, gone
flowers sag
leaves weep while chill
seeps into old bones
but then a vibrant flash
an incongruous spark-
ing of a flame
shedding warmth
on this cold scene
(so like your touch)
Today, for our wonderful quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets, we are invited to submit a poem of exactly 44 words, no more, no less, that uses the work SPARK in any of its forms. Please join us for this prompt. The link is open all week.
This rose opened this last week, smack dab in the middle of our flower garden, defying the withering of everything else. I’ve cut back all the other rose bushes so this is truly “the last rose of summer.”
I will also add this to Cee’s Daily Flower (photography) prompt.
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 