Dove and Turtle

Anticipating owl’s hoot
dove’s coo startles me

I am plodding turtle
hard-shelled

searching for circles
in this squared-off existence

Dove offers a throaty laugh
then is gone before

my soft-bellied self
can beg deliverance.

(Art mine)

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

28 thoughts on “Dove and Turtle”

    1. I wanted to say that I really enjoyed this post, both the poem and the lovely artwork. Sorry for the messy comments. I am having trouble lately being able to do comments. Do not know what’s up.

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  7. Love the artwork! I’m intrigued by the dove, it comes across with a darkened image…”offers a throaty laugh”, we don’t often read of the dove as one who mocks, or was it more that he’s just out of reach?

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    1. It’s true that the dove is usually a soothing presence, but the narrator doesn’t figure that out till it’s too late. It’s the trap of expectations and defensiveness, I’d say.

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