kentucky heart song
symphonic sunset fills the sky, trills roll over emerald hills, and
grace notes take the shape of horses ornamenting pastures. this
place knows how to pluck a string, play a song that is
sweeter than any southern mamaw’s tea. the
spring foals scamper, awakened to wonder
by a drum whose beat they’ve always known, one that’s
pulsed in their blood since before birth, keeping
time to the rhythms of hoof and heart. now the
mares’ swished tails percuss blue dusk, and stars
grow bright to sing the night, voices semitones apart.
This is a golden shovel, written using a line from [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e.e. cummings.
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I can imagine this as a voiceover in a tourist promotion or a poem on the inside of local buses or painted on the side of a building. so evocative
Gaby nails it here–this is an eloquent testimonial to the lanscape of Kentucky!
Craft….wow
Bravo!!!!
Dang, Chelsie! You and Bill Verble and Mike Wilson—all the cool kids are doing this form so I think it’s time for me to get on the bus…
Neat, never heard of this form before! Very bluegrass (the grass and the music)
Love the internal rhyme, new form, and your love of horses shines through!
Vivid, beautifully crafted piece! Shew!
Love this beautiful lush piece, especially “keeping
time to the rhythms of hoof and heart”, and those last two lines….wow…wow…wow!