Category: Birds
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The pond
On thousands of sunny days every boy knew there was a monster fish that lived in the bottom of the pond that was the smartest fish that lived in the bottom of the pond that was the luckiest fish that lived in the bottom of the pond that no one ever caught that lived in…
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10/21 “In sleep, fantasy takes the form of dreams. But in waking life, too, we continue to dream beneath the threshold of consciousness” C. G. Jung
Sun shines this morning Birds fill the air with sound Rain is forecast for evening Last night, I dreamed birds were singing at the ceiling in the corner of the bedroom I woke to the tweeting of the smoke alarm telling me to change its battery Even dreams conspire to confuse me about what is…
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The sleepy sog of Sunday
Rain came and cooled the woods lone deer stands in your yard, finds nothing and walks down the street oblivious to road etiquette and traffic signs No one plays basketball in the rain dog walkers with rain coats, boots and umbrellas smokers exiled to porches watch the rain pour in sheets from the edge of…
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blue jay haiku
beautiful blue jays bright swatches flit from tree to tree their squawk ruins the mood 10-20-19
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The Morning News from My Porch
To the round-bellied red bird feeding in dry leaves of our yard how’d you get so fat? You’ve eaten more than your share and still you feed Before you’re able to fly and flee, a blue calico will come to devour you She’ll slide quietly into the yard her left paw pinning you to the…
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Light rain
Light rain dim light of autumn Birds are quiet geese honk overhead In the distance a car alarm complains Every morning the sun sleeps in later When rain ends I will rake leaves Without being asked and think of my parents 10-16-19
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Leave your shoes by the door
This morning no rooster crowed to remind you of your denials All the times you turned your head and averted eyes Shortly after dawn a crow called from an oak warning you Of a coming storm trees stripped bare limbs broken Clogged storm drains yard full of mud holes in the roof revealed 10-15-19
My husband's poetry 