Day 152
June 1, 2022
less warm, more productive




First poem in a month after first lunch with David in way over a month and an actual rain that felt nourishing.

Allow the rhymes and the patterns to rise

above my own self defeating chatter,

open to a higher plain a wider wisdom.

 

I must stay quiet in this world of birds

not only to hear their wisdom

but to hear the faint stories of the others around.

 

I hear the chatter of the young herons

as the water bugs and dragonflies skittle.

A young man leans up against a tree.

 

And just as the birds forage and feed

converse and mate, so do the spirits

appear and disappear at their own freewill.

 

Yellow throated vireo declares prominence

I am conscious that a whole world

maintains itself without my permission.

 

On this side of the pond the bull frogs

converse with the red winged black birds

in what I believe is a hospitable tone.

 

And on the other side of the pond

the male kingfisher just dove into the water

 a splash, a bath or snack?

 

 






 

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