A SWARM OF SEAGULLS (After Andrea Kowch)



In the early wheat,
I stretch out;
part-lying on the ground,
part-levitating above it.
Not the season for
sunbathing.

A swarm of seagulls
rises from the roof of the
little washboard church.
More birds pitch and tumble
lower down. It seems
as if the fabric of the
wood itself is splintering
into birds taking flight.

Caught
in an uncanny breeze
my clothes billow out,
my hair swirls around.
I float: grey into white.
I am subsumed into
church and sky and birds.

About this poem

This poem is a response to a Magical Realism painting by American artist Andrea Kowch.

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Submitted by on July 09, 2021

Modified on March 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABXXC XDXXXDCE XXABEXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 443
Words 82
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 7

Amanda Tipple

I'm been an avid reader of poetry for most of my life. I've been writing poems regularly for the last six years, after doing a creative writing module as part of an Arts degree. I'm inspired by everyday things, art, literature and interesting people. I try to look below the surface and find uncanny or magical elements to put into my poems. more…

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  • S.Zaynab.Kamoonpury
    And We are subsumed by your poetic breezy imagery. Wow to this delightful poem. Kudos!

    Plz do read and comment my first poem , im a newbie here but I've been writing for ages.
    LikeReply2 years ago

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