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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2013-11-15 08:13 AM

Recording can be found on:
http://soundcloud.com/diana-van-den-berg-2/poets-in-a-tree

POETS IN A TREE
15 November 2013

Today
I found
an unfinished September poem
that isn’t a September poem,
amidst scribbled notes
about a database I am developing.

I don’t remember writing it
(am I losing my mind?
or is it already long gone?)
but it is in my handwriting
and it feels
and tastes
and looks
and sounds
and smells
like something I would write
so, it must be mine . . .
and the impossible optimism
and elation of tiny sparrows
in my back garden
finished the poem for me.
Thank you, little sparrows.

Owl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2013-11-17 07:00 PM

Sometimes I find something I scribbled years ago and have to wonder, "Did I write that"
knowing that it had to be me.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2013-11-18 02:03 AM

Oh, good! Then I am not the only one! I thought I had misplaced my mind. Thank you, Ida. Smiles and delighted giggles.

Owl

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

3 posted 2013-11-18 08:30 AM

Sparrows can do that.
Just watching them from the window
can take me places I would never see
without them

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2013-11-18 08:39 AM

Yes, they can, can't they, EmmaRose! Me too! The precious little angels! Beeeeeg smiles.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2013-11-19 09:16 PM

nice...James

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2013-11-20 02:11 AM

Thanks James.

Owl

Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

7 posted 2013-11-20 12:49 PM

It's so familiar, Owl

I remember a plenty of things: some of them had happened the whole life ago, some - just yesterday. But also I forget different moments, and it feels so strange when I look at somebody's picture of the last year and see my own comment below and can't recall when and how I wrote it, but it was me for sure!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

8 posted 2013-11-20 02:07 PM

Giggles, Galina! Well, at least there are three of us - Ida (Marchmadness), you and me! So I am not alone in this. Smiles.

Owl

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