Red-winged Blackbird (PAD - Day 1)

(NOTE: Photo credit appears below)

 

Red-winged Blackbird

 

Shrill trill slashes softer melodies

announcing his arrival;  

Winter’s cold hold decried by the skirl.

I seek a peek of scarlet amid the rustling

remains of last autumn’s cattails.

Spring disembarks on red wings.

 

 

 

POEM: Prompted by Robert Lee Brewer's Poetic Asides Poem-a-Day (PAD) Challenge for April:

  2013-april-pad-challenge-day-1 

 

PHOTO CREDIT:

Photo of red-winged blackbird is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.

 

Description	English: Red-winged Blackbird, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada Français : Carouge à épaulettes, Parc national de la Pointe-Pelée, Ontario, Canada Русский: Красноплечий чёрный трупиал (Agelaius phoeniceus), Онтарио, Канада
Date	5 May 2010
Source	Own work
Author	Cephas