CATHY ROSS – Poet – “MURMURATION”

Along with the flowers of early spring, the return of the robins, swallows, chickadees, varied thrushes and many other birds brighten and lighten our lives with their presence and songs. Although starlings are not our favorite birds, Cathy’s poem takes us into the mystery of the choreography of the thousands of starlings filling the sky.

MURMURATION

A dark swarm

smudges the sky,

the starlings have returned.

They swirl above the horizon

like billowing smoke,

swelling in pulses

like waves of cheers

rippling through a stadium.

I watch as they disperse,

compress, diverge

and merge again

with elegant precision,

as synchronized as Blue Angels.

Moments later, they turn

and plunge as one,

then veer left and disappear,

their images still tangled

in the net of my mind.

to read Cathy’s previously published poem – click here

1 thought on “CATHY ROSS – Poet – “MURMURATION””

  1. A marvelous leap of uniquely seeing and imagining shared through photo and verse! I think warrants sharing with a wider audience —–

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