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Open Poetry #11

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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-01-02 08:54 AM

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Virginia Salter

Polka-dots upon the playground
bobbing heads and feathered wings
silently they scratch and stumble
scramble for the golden rings.

Rising up or swooping in
with their bent to feed and play
glimmer in the autumn sunshine
as they brighten up the day.

Gulls with comic-like proportions
when proximity shows their mirth,
yet, at a distance, things of beauty
glide and dance a song of earth.

Scavengers, they, as if by duty
cleaning well the world they live
for a nibble, a bit of ‘candy,’
can we not, likewise, forgive?

© October 28, 2000

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

1 posted 2001-01-02 11:32 AM

Sounds like it is describing the scene right out front of this house. There are 19 or so bird feeders out there and all swarmed with our little feathered friend. I really enjoyed this read. I like your concept of forgivness in this one and the use of metaphors was terrific.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-01-02 02:09 PM

Thanks, Mark, for reading and your interesting and kind comment.

Surely we can forgive the birds their little infringements when they do so much good. After all, when they plant seeds they also fertilize them for us.

Metaphorically, people may infringe as well when their intent is to do good. By what might we measure their forgiveness?

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