Starlings (2016 April PAD - Day 22)

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Starlings

they

constellate,

cluster, coalesce – a single

coal black swirling mass,

a symbiotic collective,

murmuration,

a massive ballet

they

surge and billow,

ripple and blow across the sky

in willowy waves,

rolling ink spatters, dashing,

dropping in elaborate water-

fall fashion: splash-splattering

they

pivot, spin,

swing, swivel,  

into a cyclonic twisted

corkscrew

spiral

then,

altering their path,

separate

into two

distinct entities:

autonomous,

discrete,

concertedly concurrent

they

swell, swarm, and re-combine

in brilliant ebony exuberance, but

while I marvel,

still I wonder why

a collection isn’t called

a constellation of starlings …?

PSC / 2016

  Penned for Day 22 of Robert Lee Brewer's April PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: "Star (blank)"

 For more, check out his site at:  2016-april-pad-challenge-day-22

For additional view & info on starling murmurations, check out the following links:

• allaboutbirds.org - How do starling flocks create murmurations?
• youtube - murmuration video
• wired.com - starling flock
• globalstewards.org - murmurations

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