This week the Sunday Night Swaggers are drafting to a challenge from Linda Mitchell, an aubade, which is a praise song to the morning. I read on Sharing our Stories a prompt for capturing sounds in your writing. To me sounds and aubade seemed to go together.
Sounds of the Morning
Is there a sound that wakes the morning?
An alarm of the softest hum,
shrill tweet of a passing bird,
a gurgle from the coffee pot?Will you wake from your garden
And look for me?Will I kneel down in prayer
Or throw my head back and laugh?Oh morning, your welcoming glaze
bathes kindness over the day.I could bask in your freshness
And forget hatred.Stay awhile, sunrise!
Margaret Simon, draft
To read other Aubade poems:
Linda Mitchell
Heidi Mordhorst
Molly Hogan
Catherine Flynn
Reflections on the Teche 