Prompt: Quadrille incorporating 'spark'...
That Recipe
All alone on the fourth of July and I…
think it’s gonna be just another night, but…
on the vault of the sky, I spy sparks
melting in the dark like MacArthur’s Park
and rising within me is a thrill to a call:
free!
(All thanks and apologies to Richard Harris)
All alone on the fourth of July and I…
think it’s gonna be just another night, but…
on the vault of the sky, I spy sparks
melting in the dark like MacArthur’s Park
and rising within me is a thrill to a call:
free!
(All thanks and apologies to Richard Harris)
What a moment to be there all alone and see, and watch the firework... it could be a very freeing sensation... it could also leave you even more alone.
ReplyDeleteYou make me consider a star in the sky - so distant from any other - yet never alone b/c there are so many.
DeleteI LOVE this thought: "on the vault of the sky"
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous, and profound. This makes the stars treasure, yes?
It does, doesn't it. :)
ReplyDeleteSuper rad poem, man.
ReplyDeletethank you kindly, Ω
DeleteLove the reference to McArthur Park - I used to love that song when I was a kid. The first concept single.
ReplyDeleteWas it you who left the cake out in the rain?
DeleteOn the vault of sky.. oh yes! ❤️
ReplyDelete:D
DeleteI liked the idea of sparks melting in the dark which is what fireworks seem to do.
ReplyDeletefire and water... so different and yet...
DeleteI love that moment - the vault of the sky & sparks ~
ReplyDeleteI wish I were a graphic artist so that I could render it visually. But hey, we're poets right? Our MINDS are graphic art.
DeleteFree, indeed. Those spark synonymous with celebrating freedom in my mind.
ReplyDeleteFreedom... such an elusive concept. Yet undoubtedly sometimes one feels it.
DeleteNicely done..,like the vault of the sky and the call to freedom...
ReplyDeleteHey thotpurge. It's a call to be heeded for sure.
DeleteMcArthur Park! pleasant memories on the song! And certainly nice to be free to watch the fireworks even though alone!
ReplyDeleteHank
Definitely. Hard to think about those who don't get to look at the sky except maybe an hour a day in the yard, eh?
Delete"and rising within me is a thrill to a call:
ReplyDeletefree!"
~I feel there's more to these lines. Deep and profound.
Really makes me ask myself - what does free mean to me?
DeleteWow, you brought back memories for me with the mention of McArther Park and Richard Harris with this one. I've often been moved watching those fireworks on the Fourth of July. We do have a lot to be grateful for.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I do consider myself something of a patriot when it comes right down to it. Lots of people seem to think that the old USA is pretty much a failed or flailing experiment, but all in all it seems to me a smashing success!
DeleteJust love the sound of "I spy sparks melting in the dark".
ReplyDeleteBlow on the horn long enough, a little music might come out. Hehe. Thanks for visiting Mish.
DeleteWonderful little Quadrille. I love your rhyming throughout.
ReplyDeleteThanks much Linda.
ReplyDeleteA clever recipe worth sharing!
ReplyDeleteaw thanks lynn
DeleteMacArthur’s Park that term
ReplyDeletealone for place of
disco in the
70's can
never be
redone
as spark
of Nature's
liGht in Dance of FReED..:)
very cool Kate!
DeleteI like the exuberance.
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