Springtime Sings Ella
the clouds have neatly pasted the blue sky away.
the sun away. the stars away. far far
into a white canvas reflecting grey-
ness of birds chiming songs that never are
heard between twilight and the dusk of day.
purple whirlpools swirl
dim-lit stars,
exasperated clouds
have gone astray,
untethered they float the avant-garde;
awaiting the reckoning of Spring’s untamed arrival
that promises monarchs’ rhythmic proclamations,
colored wrens and warblers versed intonations
that like Ella, sing and scat Spring’s revival.
ungathered skies abandon thunderbolts,
as raindrops rejoice,
a rose sings and gloats
Devery Landrum has worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing working
with children and adolescents for over twenty years. He has been writing poetry
since he was in high school and has had poems in The San Fernando Journal, Blindman’s Rainbow, Writer’s Cramp, Sounds of Poetry, The Sunday Suitor Poetry Review, Lucid Moon, and the Society of American Poets. He is a member of The Writers Center in Bethesda MD.
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