OLN #406

In response to dVerse Poets Pub OpenLinkNight: https://wp.me/p1GTyJ-90g

Where the Muse Touches

He does not belong to the ground.

Even as hooves strike
something like earth,
you can feel it—
he is already elsewhere.

The wings know before the body does.

And she—
reaching, not falling—not needing to be held,
only met.

There is fire in her movement,
not destruction,
but becoming.

The air bends around them,
gold and breath and something unnamed.

This is not flight.

This is the moment before it—
when something inside you
recognizes
what it was always meant
to follow.

The muses do not chase.

They wait.

And when you are ready—
when you dare to rise
without certainty—

they meet you there.

— Maggie
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21 responses to “Where the Muse Touches”

  1. Lisa or Li Avatar

    Maggie, I have to say, this is a perfect ekphrastic imagining to the painting. <3 <3 <3 It’s a keeper, please put it in your special folder.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Aww, thank you Lisa ♥️. That comment made my day.

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      1. Lisa or Li Avatar

        My pleasure, Maggie, truly.

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      2. Maggie Avatar

        ♥️♥️

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      3. Lisa or Li Avatar

        Maggie, I’ve been listening to this daily tarot for a couple of months. The lady who does it, Johnette, used to be the lead singer for Concrete Blonde. I found this when I was writing up her post for Women Music March. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-6cmus-1aa8a06

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      4. Maggie Avatar

        How cool ❤️❤️
        Thanks for the link 😘

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      5. Lisa or Li Avatar

        You are very welcome <3

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  2. petrujviljoen Avatar

    The muses doesn’t chase … liked that.

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    1. petrujviljoen Avatar

      My grammar! *do not

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      1. Maggie Avatar

        I understood what you meant 😘

        Like

    2. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you 💜

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  3. kim881 Avatar

    You got under the skin of the image, Maggie. I like ‘the wings know before the body does’ and ‘the muses do not chase’.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you so much Kim 😘🌻

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      1. kim881 Avatar

        My pleasure, Maggie.

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  4. Maggie Avatar

    Thank you so much Kim 😘.

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  5. Truedessa Avatar
    Truedessa

    Wonderful take on the prompt. They do not chase they meet when you are ready.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Yes, when you are ready , everthing falls into place.
      Thank you for your comment.

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  6. Dora Avatar

    A beautiful interpretive poem, Maggie, lithesome as a dance.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you so much Dora 💜.
      Happy you liked it.

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  7. erbiage Avatar

    oh maggie this is so rich and so full! i cannot pick a favorite part, the ending of course, and this: “And she—
    reaching, not falling—not needing to be held,
    only met.”

    WOW!

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you so much 💜. That made me happy to hear.

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