Eavesdropping- A Quadrille

Steeped in nature,
Eavesdropping –

Mass flutter of wings
erase trickling rustle
of falling leaves

Sparrows on a lark
on pine branches

Call of the crow pierce
the babble of the creek

Unseen scurry under dried leaves
sends a shiver up my spine –
Eavesdropping halted!

Pat R

1/29/19

For dVerse Poets where the poem of choice is the Quadrille (a 44word poem) and theprompt word is ” Steep”.

https://dversepoets.com/2019/01/28/quadrille-72/