Words and Birds Converge....

What fuels your imagination? What fires up your creativity? For me in recent weeks it has been a mixture of the written word and simple stones like these...

I decided to step into a creative realm foreign to me and use mixed media art as an illustration for a poem I wrote. I have never done this before and found it to be a fun if not somewhat frustrating challenge. The overall project was fun but getting a stone head attached to soft sculpted body was maddening! Handy hubby had a hand in this project also as he built the frame to my specifications and did a wonderful job!

This piece is a play on words and the writing process that compares them to birds. This stone sparked my imagination and took it on a flight of fancy when I found it. Immediately I knew this was a Shakespearean ravens head and I could see him strutting his way across a stage much as words do across a page. Without further ado, I give you, "WORDS".

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My thoughts are tumbling,
Words are jumbling,
Weaving through my mind.All a swirl,
They twist and twirl,
A clear thought I cannot find.Where do these words,
Like little birds,
Come from?

Upon wings they explore,
Dip and soar,
As they go and come.

They stop and rest,
In mind’s nest,
Waiting to hatch.

They come of age,
In gilded cage,
Seeking out the latch.

Gliding unfettered,
Boldly lettered,
They flit upon the page.

The words dart and dance,
And then they prance,
Across their clean white stage.

They take flight,
With all their might,
As they wing their way to freedom.

Words written,
With them I am smitten,
Oh, how I love to release them!

May you too find your muse and create something beautiful this weekend!

Blessings,

Miss Sandy