Saint Brigid’s Day Symphony (WC)

(Wendy Cabell, February 1, 2022, Forefeast of the Meeting of Our Lord, Eve of Imbolc, Eve of World Day for Consecrated Life, Chinese New Year, Rosh Chodesh (new moon) of Adar, Saint Brigid’s Day, and feast day of  Saint Brigid of Fiesole, Saint Veridiana, Saint Perpetua,, and Blessed Anna Michelotti. Image from here.)

Saint Brigid’s Day Symphony

capriccio (n.): 1690s as a term in music 

for a kind of free composition…

"sudden start or motion”--etymonline

Ear leaning in for the capriccio, unruffled 

by dew or snowflake (what with water the

prism’s tune), as Snowdrop Fairy shakes 

her blanket–-fa la la

la la la–-tuck 

         of Light back into

pocket, Spring 

    expecting.

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology of "caprice" and related words.  From Lisa Freedman's BreatheReadWrite, February 1, 2022.