The carrying silence

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. Francis Bacon

The wind plays a fiery song

a dance of autumn colours

a swirling waltz with leaves

cradling in both his arms

 

it’s the rain, it’s the chilliness

the carrying silence between the alleys

the waving of the early haze

the glittering of the morning dew

 

see the bellies of the pregnant cirri

grey and white in countless shades

while populating the shortening days

they’re cuddling the sun with their bodies

 

it’s the steaming breath, the warmth

of all the stock in the stable, the goats

the cow and the horse without carriage

the chicken that picks, the pig that swigs

 

the farmer who prays and count his blessings

may fall and winter not be to harsh on him

upon this lonely falling star he wishes

that next spring may come so very quickly.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

I read and enjoyed. The first three stanzas are tongue butter; they melt sweetly in the mouth. Stanza four - it is more chewy, it has bones. The moist breath of the animals is the connective tissue to the wet, fecund clouds, well done. The reader's eye stops at "al", "on" and "en" - three bumps in the reading road. "Horse without carrage" seems contrived, not consonant with the rest. "Lonely falling star" is an extraordinary event. Would not any workaday evening star, wishing star, serve as well?

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

I see what you mean. Mistakes: al (is dutch) meaning all, en (Dutch) meaning and, the on I don't understand or it has to be that in English they don't say Stock ON stable. I will see for the rest. Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you have pointed this out. :)
Rudi

[Delmar Cooper]

" in English they don't say Stock ON stable. " The horse is generally "in" the stable, a horse "on" the stable might fall off the stable. English prepositions are troublesome.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Okay, I had to laugh with my horse 'on' the stable. Thank you Delmar for helping me with those prepositions. :)
Rudi