Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Catching Foxes



Hedge the rows
where the birdnote grows,
lark a tune
‘neath the fiddlehead moon,
                             
tip the wine glass,
burn the firegrass,
bellow and croak
at the midnight stroke,

thatch the stormroof,
squall and rainproofed—

and all the other
rhymes and metaphors
it takes to build and protect
something worth something.



© 2014 Jennifer Wagner


*title taken from Song of Solomon 2:15


sharing with dVerse at OLN

20 comments:

Brian Miller said...

ha. i liked the rhyme you had going...and then how you addressed it directly...can we protect something with just our fancy words...i wonder.....

brudberg said...

Ha.. rhymes pretty much ties it all together to something safe... wonder if it's but an illusion ...

Claudia said...

protecting our love...i like that... and cool nod to the song of solomon as well...small foxes can spoil the vineyard...yep

RMP said...

I enjoyed the short lines and the ending rhymes. Your word choices add a nice visual to the piece. The ending stanza stands out nicely, producing a solid ending "to build and protect something worth something."

Alex Dissing said...

I love that last little stanza. You've built "something worth something" here.

Lisa A. Williams said...

Wonderful Jennifer. I really enjoyed reading this.

Laurie Kolp said...

This is delightful!

Mary said...

Rhymes and metaphors - what would we do without them!! Enjoyed this!

Gabriella said...

Lovely scene! I like the idea of tipping the wine glass 'at the midnight stroke'.

Grace said...

The rhyming verses are excellent ~ I think protecting the home & hearth are most important ~

colleen said...

Reads like a timeless spell.

ayala said...

Delightful :)

Myrna R. said...

I love the rhyming here. The end is superb. Protect what's worth something.
Enjoyed.

Wendy Bourke said...

Beautiful. Some indelible lines here, Jennifer. The kind of verse that really sticks with one.

Ginny Brannan said...

I love the image of a "fiddlehead moon," it sounds like spring.
Like the subject matter too. Anything built and labored on certainly deserves protecting.

Anonymous said...

I like the tune, and the serious turn at the close, Jennifer :) ~

Kathryn Dyche said...

Loving that last stanza. Great write.

Vandana Sharma said...

It has a beautiful rhythmic flow.

Anonymous said...

Ha, lovely rhyme and rhythm - it's beguiling like an incantation... for spring perhaps?

Buddah Moskowitz said...

So true, chickadee.