Why,
I ask,
do I smile
at blushing skies?
If scented, I’d smell
peach—my mouth waters—though
the window glass is frosted,
the peach, only a memory,
a dream of what was, or what could be.
Time, meandering in my head always
circling around, forming connections, here
cascading like a waterfall, or
a shooting star, streaking, trailing
glimmers of light as it falls–
and then, the dinosaurs
gone in random strike,
like a question
unanswered
trailing
if
Sunrise this morning was such a beautiful peach color.
This double etheree is for NaPoWriMo, Day 2, where the prompt is to write a poem that ends with a question. It is also for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday, and dVerse, where Amaya asks us to use “cascade” or write a cascade poem. Poetry Month! I wish I could sit and write poetry all day. So many prompts; too little time.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
I like the way this poem moves from sunrise to dinosaurs! Quite a journey, but you make it make sense.
Thank you, Sarah. I’m glad you think it works. I wasn’t sure if everyone could or would follow the journey.
How funny! I did a double etheree for Colleen’s prompt and the NaPo prompt too, but you managed to get a third prompt in, and I hear the Oracle whispering!
The imagery of stars and water falling in perfect 🙂
Thank you, Jane!
Oh, that is weird. I just thought I’d try an etheree today–I haven’t seen yours yet for Colleen’s. 🙂 I had some inside knowledge on the dVerse prompt.
Even weirder, mine was a double etheree too.
Soooo weird. But I guess we should be used to this by now. 🙂
It doesn’t surprise me as much as maybe it ought…
🙂
Love your double etheree!
Thank you very much, Dale!
To move into the dinosaurs is very clever… like it
Thank you. I’ve been fascinated by reading about the recent findings about the meteor that supposedly killed the dinosaurs.
It sounds like the morning sky really inspired you, Merril. Nice!
Thanks, Jill! 🙂
PEACH SUNRISE could be a book title; sweet. The shape of your poem is intriguing.Clever to submit to three prompts at once.
Thank you very much, Glenn! 🙂
I love it when I read a poem and I didn’t realize until the end that it was in a poetry form. I like the connection of time with the cascading falls. Good luck for this April month.
Thanks so much, Grace. I’m pleased this flowed so that you didn’t realize it was a form.
Beautiful! The form is very effective.
Thank you, Charlotte!
This was magical Merril, and the form was captivating…! :-). Also, thank you for reminding me of NaPoWriMo. It has been a number of years since I participated. Used to never miss it.
Thanks so much, Rob!
You can still join in NaPoWriMo. I’m still deciding if I’m going to post for it every day. 🙂
I like the stream of consciousness. Like a cascade!
Yes, I’m out of breath already with prompts and trying to read others’ poems…(K)
Thank you, Kerfe.
It is very hard to keep up.
I love the shape, Merril, and the way your poem starts with ‘Why?’ and ends with ‘if…’, and the cascading shooting star.
Thank you very much, Kim!
You seem game for any format
Thank you. 🙂
I smiled at the ‘dance’ between you and the skies, how they mirror your own coy wonder. Blushing for all the questions they know will rise in their wake, leaving only a trail of “ifs.” I like how the shape shows how thoughts are formed, and then left to the universe.
Thank you very much, Amaya.
The shape just came out that way, but I like your interpretation. 🙂
I see we are both drawn to peaches this week. I love the flow of this, random thoughts connecting beautifully and the dinosaurs- suddenly I was reminded of the film The Tree of Life when it slipped away from love and loss and all that gets in between and suddenly a dinosaur slumped into the light!
Thank you very much, Damien.
What is it about peaches? 🙂
I’m not sure if I ever saw the movie, but then I don’t know why I wouldn’t have because it looks like my kind of movie. I must have had a lot going on then. . .
It is so your kind of move. I am shocked you missed it! I saw it first on a flight to China and was engrossed but then fell asleep mid way through as it’s quite meditative and woke up to this Dino movie and turned it off thinking I’ll catch The tree of Life again! 6 months later I learned it was the same movie!!! 🤭🤭🤭🙃
I looked at the trailer, and it looked so familiar, so I wondered if I had seen it. . .but I don’t remember the dinosaur, so if I did see it, then I need to see it again. 🙂
OK. I showed trailer to my husband, and he says he thinks we saw it, but he doesn’t really remember it either. . .so I guess we need to see it again! 🙂
With its fuzz, a peach can look like frosted glass, so I’m glad you paired those.
Hmm . . .thank you, Ken. 🙂
Nice description of time: “Time, meandering in my head always
circling around, forming connections”
Thank you, Frank.
This certainly cascades! …..and flows…..the introduction of the dinosaurs creates that little jolt at the end which turns the poem on its head…well done!
Thank you so much!
That last word, ‘if’. That’s just PERFECT. ❤
(Not particularly in order, but here is my Day 3! I'm catching up at last! https://shukuen.blogspot.com/2019/04/glopowrimo-day-3-martin.html)
Thank you, Shuku Li!
Lovely double Etheree, Merril! ❤
Thank you very much, Vashti!