Unattached
inspired by the 'In Eclipse' challenge
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exquisite milky plumage, spine curved just so into an s
casting sultry shadows limned with
lime, a mating mambo
in medias res, plundered woefully at zenith.
petty lunar pageantry hanging
sun and stars in union, lone
egrets ruefully returned to rookery, unattached.
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Thank you for reading! I fell in love with the idea of writing a piece about how animals can be affected during a total solar eclipse, thinking nighttime has arrived. I ended up choosing the Great Egret (wonderful 'e' word) and began to explore their mating habits. We have lakes in my area that are home to this graceful bird, and I've always appreciated their beauty.
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Comments (12)
Love the thinking behind this concept Heather, and there’s some excellent imagery in here, particularly “ruefully returned”. I had to look up what “limned” meant too! Great use of it👏🏾
What a stunning piece!! Your words are so gorgeous. I love the "spine curved" - what a lovely image it brings to my mind. 🥹❤️
I never thought about how nature might respond!
Stunning! Great concept and word choice!
This is wonderful. Now I'm off to Google their mating dance. I'm not sure I've ever seen them around here.
Oh wow! Any one of these is a masterclass and more than evident of what a great writer and poet you are, Heather! I love this unqiue take on it...as I have thought about that...because we often get hung up on how eclipses and moon shifts affect us...when they have just much effect on the animals that share the planet with us! Well done and thanks for making me Google the middle line lol. Very clever!
Omgggg, I was today years old when I learned what an egret is! Thank you so much for the education. Also, this reminded me of a TikTok I saw last year. I'll leave the link in the comment below!
You are absolutely killl'n this challenge.I am no longer certain which one of yours is my favorite.
Glad you put them all together like this... I think you are going to be one of the winners!
OMG, Heather, I'm fan-girling over this! An egrets mating dance is one of my favorites. (It's not elegant by any means, but adorable nonetheless) lol!
Fabulous poem and back story!!! Loved it!!!❤️❤️💕
We have them here too, they always feel portentious to me.