It was birdsong
stopped me in my tracks
distracted as I was
by pandemics
and ceaseless worry
I looked up
I looked up
and there was glory
white blossoms
triangulated
against endless
blue sky
Blue sky
like a messenger from afar
lifting my spirits
stirring longing
It was birdsong
stopped me in my tracks
I looked up and understood.
(This poem, inspired by the photo I took on a recent walk, was written for Reena’s Exploration Challenge. I borrowed the line “messenger from afar”. Image mine)
Very beautiful.
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Appreciate it, Indira!
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My pleasure, dear.
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Gorgeous imagery is evoked in those words, VJ! Lovely. 🙂
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Thanks Susi!
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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I love your response to your walk!!!! Beautiful!
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Thanks Luanne.
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This is lovely, V.J.! ❤️
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Thanks Eugi!
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Most welcome!
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Poem and image are exquisite–and I thank you for them.
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Thanks Liz – always appreciate you!
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Quite lovely! 💜
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Thanks Lisa!
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Beautifully penned! Birds a messenger from far indeed… take care 🤗
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Thank you!
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Beautiful,V.J.
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Thank you
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Gorgeous photo! Triangulated – quite the catch!
And I like this poem’s flow, repetition emphasis. I think I’ll go outside now and look upward! And inward, in multiple senses. (We have a cardinal nest in the thick vines on our back fence … hard to see, but mama darts in/out and letting eyes follow her in, suddenly there appear little beaks pointing upward. We humans owe so much to our proximity to birds.)
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We sure do. What a wonderful find in your own yard. It was a Baltimore Oriole that drew me. He flew away before I could capture him, but this scene greeted me instead and I let him go and basked in the moment. Thanks Jazz.
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Beautiful poem and photo! I am so thankful for morning walks in nature. I see things differently now. The one upside of this pandemic, time to stop and smell the roses 🌹
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It sure is! Thanks Sue.
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Love this, it’s wonderful!
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Thank you so much!
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an epiphany of sorts – bird song – a beautiful pause
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It really was. Thanks Gina
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We’ve taken to sitting on the back patio each morning and each evening, just doing a bit of bird-watching and especially listening to their songs. Nature offers us such beauty! Not only beauty to see but beauty to hear, as well. We need to take time to listen. 🙂
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Absolutely! Their song is so uplifting.
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Beautiful! ❤
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Thanks friend. Hope you are well.
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You’re welcome and I am well thank you! Health and wellness blessing to you and yours! ❤
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