The Bird Alchemist
The Bird Alchemist
was small and hero blue,
a most consummate
mountaineer of treetops,
aficionado of the woven twig,
knight-errant of the whipping wind,
fetching his lady favors
of jumping bug and thistledown
in the aquarelle skyscape
of implacable spring.
The Bird Alchemist
was more than his mask,
a Renaissance Bird of arts
and sciences, bearing the commerce
of reproduction for the rippling
sake of his mate's feathered belly
while nocturnal vigils teased him
with the secrets of all things; aloof
in his cypress lab, rocking spellbound
before creation's daft flicker, til
victorious he rose each dawn,
worms transmuted into song.
May 2020
posted for
Kerry O'Connor's
and for earthweal's
(exploring Monday's theme
of the hero quest)
even tho earthweal is one of several word press sites that think I am spam
Note: Aquarelle is a style of painting using thin, typically transparent watercolors, traditionally created by applying each color thru a separate stencil, now more loosely used for the style in general.
Images : Creation of the Birds, © Remedios Varo Fair Use
Aquarelle Landscape With Bird, © Anna Svennson on Instagram Fair Use
