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Dawn on a Wing - Comments Welcome

Postby nollaig » 19 Oct 2012, 02:25

Abdim's Stork
Go gliding
Over Africa's faithful horn
By
The Master's wind:
Turning,
Banking,
They follow
The battered coastline.
Sweeping,
In grace-filled strokes,
Then,
Buoyantly rise
To cross Bab al-Mandab
In time for
Dawn in Yemen.
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Re: Dawn on a Wing - Comments Welcome

Postby Sciethe » 24 Oct 2012, 18:18

It gets even better.
Curiosity- Can you try something with longer lines with a second onomatopoeic underlying voice?

As in (forgive the content):

Unconscious, intent, she's sweating musk
= Uh o sh uh (break word) sh sw uh

Hard to do, but could look good on your style
Blessings,
Sciethe
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Re: Dawn on a Wing - Comments Welcome

Postby nollaig » 25 Oct 2012, 03:48

Thank you for your kind note Sciethe.

It is with a degree of sadness that I must report that I am not so good at delivering crafty onomatopoeic verse... I struggle with serious laziness in my creative method.

All the best,
~n.
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