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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-03-30 12:54 PM

All the Birds
Virginia Salter

All the birds in town
come to eat and play
they cling to every perch
in the morning of the day.

Their need and greed profound
they wish to eat their fill
yet others clamor for a break
to eat and then be still.

I watch from deep within
in silent, soft repose
enjoying all their frenzy
and the beauty of their clothes.

Clad are they in yellow
black stripes about their wings
darting to and fro
dancing as on springs.

Now if you can imagine
these delightful, tiny creatures
spouting words so cross
as to compromise their features,

Well then these are they
who cavort and curse their foe
wanting most to horde
all the food that they can stow.

It is a joy to me
to watch them in their labors
seeking sustenance of life
from my lilliputian favors.

© March 30, 2001

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-03-30 12:57 PM

last year I put out a HummingBird feeder for the first time and I'm hooked.....they are so beautiful....I enjoyed your poem

SEA

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

2 posted 2001-03-30 01:01 PM

Birds are a true sign of spring!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-03-30 01:01 PM

Thanks SEA! This piece started out to the tune of "California Dreamin'" though I don't know if it continues to fit or not as I don't know the entire song or tune by heart.

I appreciate you reading!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2001-03-30 02:43 PM

Very lovely and light Spring piece, I really loved it! I love feeding the birds, and do all year, but this time of the year, they certainly are storing up - this the nesting season! Nice poetry VAS.

dragonpoe
Senior Member

since 2000-11-12

Posts 608
Palm Bay, Florida

5 posted 2001-03-30 02:53 PM

Emjoyed this one. I just moved, and my new home has trees as opposed to the stark barrenness of the one before. And I have found it delightful to watch the birds. I have lots of mocking birds, but most special are the two Blue Jays that come to visit everyday.
Thanks for this one, makes me appreciate these little creatures all the more.

With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

6 posted 2001-04-01 03:35 PM

Virginia, I can just picture your birds, and love the idea that you wrote it to "California Dreamin'" ~ John Phillips would get such a kick from it.

Funny, isn't it, how their behaviour mimics that of humans at times. Thanks for this!

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

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