Wednesday, January 13th, 2010...10:45 am

Contagious

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To a single dolphin
something happened, some occasion worthy
of rejoicing, and the dolphin
leaped in celebration, taking
off in fluid motion, spinning, letting
water-breezes tickle, tasting
air in arc of soaring.

Soon another dolphin came
to join the celebration,
and their tandem leap drew
a double rainbow
while confetti-drops announced
an open invitation.
Many came; the party multiplied
at every leap, the dolphins all
jumping arches of fireworks
streaming down, dressed
formal and informal.
What’s the party for?
What was the occasion?
Only one had cause
for celebration. The others
partied too, because the one
was reason enough.

Rejoice with those who rejoice . . .
(Romans 12:15)

A High Calling Blogs Random Act of Poetry, for the prompt to write a poem with an animal, a party occasion, and a setting.

Also, with every RAP I will link to a poem from someone else’s archives. An August 2009 poem, from just say the word:

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