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Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

0 posted 2008-08-03 02:06 AM

Tap, tap, a rhythm of tapping
caught my ear as I was walking.
Sometimes, I just forget to stop
but, not this time.
Two woodpeckers fed and tapped
as I wondered.

How long have they been together?

as I wondered.

Are they faithful to each other
or do they just meet at mealtime
before going out to fly with others?

Their tap duet mesmerized me.
I tapped my topes in time
to the beat they set,
side-by-side woodpeckers
making rhythm in harmony.

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Alison

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

1 posted 2008-08-03 05:45 AM

hello my lovely Ali-girl... I have never met a woodpecker.. hmmm, perhaps we don't have them downunder not sure about that! (blonde in me taking over!!)

I loved reading this beautiful offering from you... thank you for sharing... love RDB xx

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2008-08-03 09:52 AM

Alison, only a person with a truly poetic heart (and with great powers of observation and a philosophical mind) could have written this!

I choose to believe that they will be faithful to each other for life ~ and will continue to dine together in perfect harmony! Tap Tap Tap

Love and hugs,
Linda

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2008-08-03 02:55 PM

a grand 'fine feathered friend'(and 'slice of life') impression!

much applause!

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

4 posted 2008-08-04 02:42 PM

Hi Alison, sounds good isn’t it…the tap..tap and your poem too..Good observation, only time will tell if they are faithful to each other. Prasad

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Ringo

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since 2003-02-20

Posts 3684
Saluting with misty eyes

5 posted 2008-08-04 02:48 PM

Woodpeckers dating over a snack of elm, or oak is something that only someone with a very vivid imagination could have written.

I absolutely loved this.

What would you attempt to do...if you knew you could not fail?.
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BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2008-08-07 09:01 PM

Does make you wonder what it's all about.

Love your inspiration, Alison.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7 posted 2008-08-07 09:30 PM

Yo dear Alison,

I've heard woodpeckers when I lived in the country. But that's neither here nor there.

What I was wondering about was the word "topes". That is a new word for me. Everyone else seems to know about it.

Love Bobby

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

8 posted 2008-08-07 11:19 PM

Darling Roniece,

No Woodpeckers?  How sad is that.  Maybe mine would like a vacation down-under.

Love you and thank you for looking at the world through my eyes for a bit.

Ali
--------------------------

Linda,

You could have written it.  And, I believe that they are together for life too.

Love,
A
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Bruce, my friend -

Thank you.

Hugs,
A
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Prasad,

Thank you for reading.  You can tap with me while we wait and see.

Alison
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Ringo,

I am so glad that you stopped in.  I am glad that you enjoyed with me.

Alison
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BluesSerenade,

Thank you for reading and smiling with me.

Alison
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Bobby,

I was wondering when someone would ask.  A tope is the toe of a dope.  Didn't know that?  Sheese, I am shocked.

I caught the typo too late to fix it.

Hugs,
A

MOCindy
Member

since 2008-07-30

Posts 73

9 posted 2008-08-08 12:14 PM

very lovely.
C

Jaime Fradera
Senior Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

10 posted 2008-08-08 07:53 PM

Hey Ali ...
When I was little and could hear normally, I use to hear this bird outside my window at exactly the same hour every morning. It was fascinatingly rhythmic and so predictable and regular one could keep time with it. I didn't know what kind of bird it was, but so vividly do I remember it that, even now, I can still whistle it.
I could have learned to recognize bird calls back then, but there was only one bird call I learned to recognize while at the school for the blind. Well there were two; the blue jay, which made a plaintive caw? caw? sound that reminded me of sea gulls; and the call of the infamous cow-bird, which is in the nasty habit of invading the nests of other birds, driving out the rightful owners and then eating the unhatched eggs?
At least that's what I've heard.
When I was little I remember hearing so many different kinds of bird calls, would step outside and hear them singing, though for no particular reason; and also different kinds of cricket sounds and buzzing screeching insect sounds, without ever knowing which critters were responsible.
Then I went deaf and turned to writing (if one can call it that)
Just teasing

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

11 posted 2008-08-09 03:00 PM

My lovely Alison, who has a special ear to hear the tunes of nature and a heart too to listen deeper and to wonder ... This is most lovely. I heard them a long long time ago but did not forget.

Did your ears ring too as I am thinking so much of you lately? I choose to read "La mia Alaska" (original title: Running north, a Yukon adventure by Ann Mariah Cook). I thought it was a good idea to read of temperatures of -40° Celsius when here now we have 40° heat!!! I remember you saying somewhere that you would like one day to be a musher! Yukon Quest seems quite tough!!! I love the book.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

rachaelfuchsberger

Senior Member

since 2007-02-21

Posts 609
Las Vegas, NV

12 posted 2008-08-10 03:43 PM

Beautiful poem, Z. Reminds me and makes me homesick for Ohio. Thanks, love.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

13 posted 2008-08-10 04:17 PM

I almost got into a "POE" rhythm over this
one....as the raven tapped upon the window,
Nevermore! Thanx for the sharing

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

14 posted 2008-08-10 06:19 PM

Mucho enjoyed this my friend. Lots of woodpeckers here from just about the smallest in the country to the largest in the country. Several species hit my feeders.

j.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

15 posted 2008-08-11 08:23 PM

I love those little 'pecker' heads. (

)
There was one that perched atop the telephone pole in between thunderstorms, surveying the neighborhood before choosing a tree half way down the block. I like twhere your thoughts took you, Ali.
You are a naturalist by nature!

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