I Wandered Weightless as a Feather
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June 28, 2025
Contest: After Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Jaymee Thomas
after “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth
I wandered weightless as a feather,
a muted plume from mourning dove.
A tuft afloat in breezy weather
connected now to skies above;
as long as winds will carry me
from over fields and out to sea.
My glad esprit more free than birds,
detached from mortal needs I fly,
where spirits long to share their words
among the songs in clouds, I sigh...
for Earth was never this composed,
this high I travel unopposed.
With cumulus, a meadow white,
I feel at home among the waves
illuminant in purest light —
mid savored heights my memory saves
inertia of the clover green
and shiver of the water’s sheen.
Such riches now I do enjoy
in solitude away from fray.
I'm free from living once so coy;
in spirits’ realm I long to stay,
for then, myself I will fulfill
with gild as gold as daffodil.
Copyright © Susan Ashley | Year Posted 2025
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