Artificial Light - Haiku #4

in poetry •  7 years ago 

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A restless jay sings
drowning in night - mistaking
the streetlights for dawn

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Well written! That is a vivid snapshot of a moment - with intriguing philosophical reverberations.

Would you believe, @introvertfl, I've written a similar poem:

Misread Signs

False prophet, nightly heralding a man-made god
gilding the air with promise of revelation
a song, in truth, no less sweet for being counterfeit,
let us forgive the short-sighted visionary

Pity the poor bird its ill-timed enthusiasm,
its unholy lapse of judgment and misplaced hymn
having mistaken a common streetlamp
for the miracle of a rising sun…