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The Nebbish Bird
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The Nebbish Bird |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla 
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The Nebbish Bird A nebbish bird sits my tree Without a word, stares at me Knowing all his thoughts that fall All the things that rage recall He haunts me with his hollow eyes His body language speaks the cries He walks the limb with folded wings And mumbles ire’s raging stings. He is the ghost of ego’s past Those things of gone and did not last But they remain a smoldering ire That he would match and set afire He stares at me in cowards glare These embers I won’t light and dare. He cannot pierce my shielding plate It’s useless to rekindle hate. So day-by-day he walks the limb And I go on ignoring him. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
My word of day from Sy at play expands the very hole of me who looks upon a Nebbish, tree'd. Smiling here. Only you would make me scramble for a meaning at O-dark thirty in the a.m. In case you didn't see my note, Sy...please give Isabel a kiss upon the cheek for me in congrats of your very special life...  [This message has been edited by Sunshine (08-25-2002 07:35 AM).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sunshine, May the nebbish bird never dull your sunshine Thank you love.  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Nebbish birds...that's the kind I need to see in my tree this morning. Thanks,Sy.  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Midnitesun I don't think so they are not a very nice bird. |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  WOW!!! Ooohhhhhh...I love this metaphor, sweet friend, nibbish birds do always love to act kind of spunky, don't they, may you always fly like the robin and make amends or the true butterfly you are! (big hugggssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a ebautiful heart, sweet Seymour, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." Shakira [This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (08-25-2002 02:09 PM).] |
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sigheyes Member
since 2001-04-25
Posts 323the winds of destiny |
Sounds like a very interesting bird Seymour. Enjoyed. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Noah, Yhank you for the nice comment. sigheyes Thank you for the read and eply. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
"Knowing all his thoughts that fall All the things that rage recall He haunts me with his hollow eyes His body language speaks the cries He walks the limb with folded wings And mumbles ire’s raging stings. He is the ghost of ego’s past Those things of gone and did not last He cannot pierce my shielding plate It’s useless to rekindle hate. So day-by-day he walks the limb And I go on ignoring him." ________________________________ I've heard of the word 'nebbish'...it means a shy, timid and often weak person right? but, yanno what? I've never heard of a nebbish bird... well anyways, you used a great metaphor to convey the sadness within ourselves, when nature or outside things echo this fact and of course, to escape, we ignore it, though the reality is always there. Perhaps I'm over-analyzing your poem, but, I relate to your words, this moved me in understand, and yes, I'm keeping it!~ Take care, Melissa~ "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
I really enjoyed this "Nebbish Bird", Sy... I grew up thinking that nebbish was a Yiddish word which you would call someone as an insult...meaning that they were a "nobody" or someone who was spineless and stupid... or is this just a metaphor for what you are afraid to be? I certainly don't think you are a nebbish, Sy..... not by any stretch of my wild imagination.  ~ hugs from a chipmunk who will catch that nebbish birdLyra |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Melissa, A metaphor for what I am afraid to be. Yes Doc you got it right. Lyra, Nebbish is something that still haunts me. As much as I try I still can't seem to shake that bird. LOL |
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