Write a poem about a person, place, thing without naming it directly. Don't
use adjectives or adverbs. You should do enough so that the reader can
identify it anyway. Here is mine:
Visitor
An iridescence
in the dawn
flits from flower to flower,
takes a sip of nectar
from a rose, tumbles a daisy,
jostles the bee,
hums a hymn
to summer and to brevity.
He hovers in a zigzag,
darts and disappears.
We gasp and breathe
and wonder. . . did we see him at all,
or did a rainbow shatter
or a jewel explode?
Sue Scalf
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