Falling Stars

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Quiet,
softly falling snowflakes cover
the fields, create a wonderland of
sparkling white, sound absent as
a blanket over your head, the
countryside transformed, then
red
the shocking plume of a
cardinal against the snow and
he takes flight through
falling stars so
silent

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Created for Wea’ve Written Weekly, Jaideep’s is the host. His prompt guidelines:

  1. Write a poem that starts and ends in silence.
    • The first and last lines should directly evoke or describe silence.
    • It could be the literal word silence, or imagery that suggests quietness, stillness, or absence of sound.
    • The point is to frame the whole poem between two moments of silence.
  2. Use enjambment to sound like a heartbeat.
    • Enjambment means carrying a sentence or phrase over from one line to the next without a pause.
    • The short, broken flow can mimic a heartbeat: steady, pulsing, slightly uneven.
    • Think of each line as a “beat” that pushes into the next one.
  3. Keep it to 12 lines, like 12 heartbeats.
    • The entire poem is only 12 lines long.
    • Each line equals one “pulse,” so the poem itself becomes a heartbeat sequence.
    • The brevity forces intensity and rhythm.
  4. At least once, use a one-word line that makes the reader pause.
    • Somewhere in the poem, have a line with only one word.
    • This acts like a pause or a sudden strong beat in the rhythm, making the reader stop and notice.
    • That single word should carry weight—emotionally, visually, or sonically.
W3 Prompt #178: Wea’ve Written Weekly
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25 thoughts on “Falling Stars”

  2. Silence
    a hush pressed close
    against the ribs
    where breath waits
    like a door ajar
    letting in shadows
    and faint
    reminders
    of love
    lost—
    each throb louder than prayer
    Silence

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    1. Cardinals are the state bird of Indiana, and we do have them year round, especially because there are those of us that put out bird feeders for the poor creatures during the winter. Thank you for your lovely comment ✨❤️✨

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