Barn Swallows

Winged remains
Score the russet skies
Curls flourish
Above wrinkled soil tombs
And hidden seeds
Sweet swallow swoons
Tumble, flash, dot
Clustering landscapes
Perched on whispering reeds
Forked tail on
Intrepid builder
Under belly of blue sky
Creates home
Eclipses longing
Cobalt promise rising

Her twitter-warbler tune
Sets the earth a blaze

Written in the Summer of 2014 | Published July 30, 2017