Leslie Dianne

The Concert
 
The sunflowers
sway to sounds
I cannot hear.
 
There is silent music
in their midst:
 
A lilt in the wind,
a hum of butterflies,
a drumroll of ants,
marching to the
beat of the earth,
a choir of oak trees
praising the moss,
each flower a single
multi petaled hymn
of gentle promise
to the sun.
 
This field is orchestra,
this day a concert
for the eyes:
crescendoing,
playing
to be
seen,
 
but
never
heard.
 
 

Leslie Dianne is a poet,  novelist, screenwriter, playwright and performer whose work has been acclaimed internationally in places such as the Harrogate Fringe Festival in Great Britain, The International Arts Festival in Tuscany, Italy and at La Mama in New York City. Her stage plays have been produced in NYC at The American Theater of Actors, The Raw Space, The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and The Lamb's Theater.  She holds a BA in French Literature from CUNY and her poems have appeared in Noctivant Press, The Wild Word, Trouvaille Review, Moida, Sparks of Calliope and The Elevation Review and are forthcoming in Whimsical Poet and Boston Accent Lit.  Her poetry was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.