The Starling and the Willow, A Love Story, Poetry and Spoken Word by prydefoltz

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The Starling and the Willow, A Love Story, Poetry and Spoken Word
# <center> The Starling and the Willow</center>
## <center> A Love Story</center>


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63ezZjemW4

## Grandfather North began his hyperborean reign; from his lips algid slivers and shards descended; so began the season of Cimmerian shade.
<br>

The willow stood naked, elegant, and graceful
Lithe limbs dancing to a dirge of the iced, the elegiacal



She whispered to the shivering starling 



<i>Come, little bird, take harbourage 
Among my impoverished laments
I offer shelter, all I have to give 
Come; endure this dark together</i>

The starling drew near
Flew among her wind-blown tears
His wings grew strong and supple
But within the ephemeral, the wispy
There was no terra on which to settle

The starling said <i>a still, sturdier roost, I must find</i>

He flew to a nearby silent and stoic maple
Upon its thick branches, most dependable
He plumped out his iridescent plumes
Thought ne’er of the laments of the willow 

And here our tale of amour becomes one of sorrow
Love stands powerless as nature levels her fatal blow

A starling can fly but must eventually come to nest
A willow remains moving while always at rest
A starling is a starling, a willow a willow
Neither can change, for love or for woe

So the starling keeps; so the willow weeps

# <center>***</center>

The Starling and the Willow is published in [Strays](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pryde+foltz&ref=nb_sb_noss_1) and available [here](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pryde+foltz&ref=nb_sb_noss_1)It can also be ordered in through your local bookstores and libraries.


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All words are my own
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@prydefoltz ·
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@paragism ·
so nice 
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@prydefoltz ·
Thank you, paragism:)
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