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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Cheerful noises rise high in pale dawn saffron skies. Ebony night yawns, slips away as morning rush hour finds a mixed multitude of anxious song birds vying for position at the backyard feeder, seeking their fill before raucous pushy starlings awaken and confiscate all the best perches. City birders awaken to the symphony of nature the same as country folk, when chickadees and sparrows, robins and finches are invited to dine at backyard feeding stations. It’s an acceptable compromise, a way to heal psyches bombarded by too much electronic technology, plastic, asphalt and cement. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Wonderful, dear Kacy! You have a special bond with these bringers of joy I see. I so love to wake up hearing the symphony ... mostly blackbirds here. (I dialogue with them  !)Thank you for this immersion in morning music. Love, Margherita  |
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Seoulair Senior Member
since 2008-03-27
Posts 807Seoul S.Korea |
Ah, much lovelier than the songs of those spring birds. Beautiful!!! |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Cheerful noises rise high in pale dawn saffron skies. Ebony night yawns, slips away..." awwwww lovely words ARCTIC WIND |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Great write Kacy, we too have a bird feeder hanging up out side our window and it's great to sit and watch them at close quarters, Thanks for sharing. Lindsay |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Margherita, Seoul-soul, Arctic and Lindsay...thank you. Glad to know you are a birder too, Lindsay! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a fine Spring morning 'write!'... I am especially fond of the beginning: "Cheerful noises rise high in pale dawn saffron skies. Ebony night yawns, slips away as morning rush hour finds a mixed multitude of anxious song birds vying for position at the backyard feeder..." applause!! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
hello midnitesun, i totally share the meaning of this poem... enjoyed the ending a lot... yann |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Lovely, Kacy. I love birds and would love to feed them but I have 6 cats and the neighbors have cats too. Most people around here have cats to keep the fruit rats away since almost everyone has orange, lemon, and avacado trees etc. Ida [This message has been edited by Marchmadness (04-04-2008 08:35 AM).] |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
just beautiful Kacy.. I love seeing the sparrows in my back courtyard, they keep my little bird Oscar company thru out the day! love RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Midnitesun, The interaction of city people with birds is interesting. I have a neighbor who feeds the birds with bread crusts every morning. He's a nice guy, and always has a treat for my dog in the morning when she takes me for my walk. Myself, I must admit, I don't care about birds, and always try not to park the car under telephone and electric utility wires. Bobby |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Very nice! I watched an eagle fishing the other day on the edge of a dammed, and thus drowned, swamp. Nature has its ways of adapting and of exercising patience with humans and all our foolish ways. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
a bird pooped on my laptop !! we humans are clueless aint we midnitesun? love your idylic dreams in this high tech insanity of mixed blessings. |
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Ocean Vuong Junior Member
since 2008-03-29
Posts 37NYC |
ah it is refreshing to see such true poetic talent! bravo my friend, this piece is splendid, do not touch it! Leave it forever, let t sing! -ocean |
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CastleGuard Senior Member
since 2003-04-30
Posts 760Alberta, Canada |
Midnitesun - hopefully technology will never replace Nature's live concert...for that would be a loss unrecoverable... CG |
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Seoulair Senior Member
since 2008-03-27
Posts 807Seoul S.Korea |
Your poems are singing on those rose bushes now. Always beautiful and to read again and again. love |
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ArtSolstice Member
since 2007-03-18
Posts 498 |
This is lovely! We opened the studio with it Friday morning and forward you a firm round of applause for this endearing write from several artists here. |
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