Tag: birds
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Perfect Trust
I was pondering the sad, awful state of America one day when I suddenly remembered an amazing encounter with a pair of Bald Eagles in Alaska. These birds mate for life, and ritually renew their devotion by grabbing each other’s talons in mid-air and tumbling head over head down before releasing and soaring back upward.…
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Green Nostalgia, My Grandmother’s Kitchen
Like the lone albatrossCircling the unconscious seaI float over the memoriesSurveying the childhoodI once inhabitedFrom every perspectiveI’ve studied my grandmother’s kitchenBut it is the view from aboveThe seabird’s scrutinyThat my mind’s eye always favorsThe narrow back staircasePeeling wallpaper, threadbare carpetAge and decayYet fragrant with ancient spicesMysterious witch hazelThe old radiators, clanking and hissingWith the same…
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Avian Mutual Fund
Caching acornsAll the way up to the skyWoodpecker hedge fund A community of acorn woodpeckers ( and they are very communal!) converted a stand of redwood trees into a huge acorn granary. I’ve never seen such a large storage. The birds themselves weren’t keen on being photographed, so I pirated one from wikipedia.
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Blue Blue Heron
I know my presenceCaused you some stressHere in your homeI am but a guestI hope you understood my excitementTo see you againI tried to tread softlySo as not to offendHoping all the whileThat maybe we’re friends********* The first Trump presidency gutted key parts of the century old, bipartisan Migratory Bird Protection Treaty. Joe Biden quickly…
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Second Chances
At first, from a distance, I dismissed youAs too uniformly drabI didn’t expect to find such color and beautyThrough a lensSecond looks, second chancesSerenditpitous reflections and reminders
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Goldfinches
In summer I heard you whistleFrom the giant thistleDreaming of seeds yet to comeNow the seeds are eaten, the stalks have fallenYet still you singMuch needed cheer to my soul you bring
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Pelagic Magic
Pelagic, like magicYou soar over the open seaWith balletic graceSo effortlesslyWith wing spans titanicNine, ten, eleven feet or moreFew humans will see youSo far from our shoresYour longevityRivals even our ownYour poignant curiosityTouches our hearts and our poemsBut your numbers are waningThe same old story we knowHuman greed and carelessnessOur shameful shadowBaited hooks by the…
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Ruby Crowns
Such a furtive, nervous creature, like meSo tiny, not an easy bird to seeIt felt like such a happy coupThe day I could identify youNow I know you easilyBy glance and soundI know I cause anxietyWhen you flash your ruby crown.If only humans communicatedSo effectivelyIf only we could see and listenReflectively, with sympathyEven when we…
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Haiku Rain
Rain, rain, rain.What a glorious changeFrom desiccating drought Hunkered insideListening to the many soundsOf raindrops The birds outsideSplashing, bathing in puddlesThey, too, are reveling
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