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Empty Nest
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Empty Nest |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Empty Nest No picture required, for deep is the feel Of empty rest Though nestlessness is common and ordinary So as no one should feel bad at the fact That gone is gone For whether the young ‘uns flew Or were due to be part Of a cycle of nature, They are departed, perhaps hidden, Still in grow of feather and fluff, Still in wait of songs to sing, Or perhaps a cat smiles contentedly, I will not know Until next spring When a black eye peeks knowingly, Knowing me From a time before, when the robin’s egg Was still in blue When spring replays It’s cyclic tune Of promises kept. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
hold the memories tight... and hope for a re-visit... regards sudhir |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sunshine The clouds will pass,  |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
You can rest assured that they will return next spring...your hospitality is imprinted into their genetic code...thank you for sharing the whole nesting experience with us in both verse and pictures.. believe in what your heart feels... |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea...life sometimes turns so quickly and you find you speak in the past tense of feathers and things. So far, spring has always come again.  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
This has been a wonderful experience you have shared with us Karilea. Thank you so very much.. although it did bring tears to my eyes as my youngest and last to leave the nest will be married in just two days... ~Smiles & Misty-eyed hugs, Hip Sis~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Still in wait of songs to sing ahh Karilea this makes me sad ... you say it so beautifully ... "cycle of nature", but I do hope they were not a trophy for a cat! Love, Margherita |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Enjoyed my friend...mine don't leave me "alone" enought to find and empty nest to enjoy... ha! jwesley |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
No longer at window is Karilea For her birdies have left the tree In her memory they shall stay So, they can't fly to far away We thank you for their song you sang in words As sweet tweets are the only songs of birds. Love, Patricia |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
AW, Karilea. This is so sweet and shows what a really compassionate heart you do have. It reminds me of my Mom when she had those little birds hatched in her hanging basket on their porch. She was sad when they left. She likes to believe that they just flew off. Maybe your little ones were just hidden by their Mama, if they weren't old enough to fly yet. I've enjoyed your keeping us up to date on the little birdies. Thank you, Hugs, Ethel |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
aww how sad that they're gone, I wanted to see them all feathered and fluffed up. I'm gonna miss them. Beautiful Karilea. Maree |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Dang, we missed 'em! Oh well, next year...  Thanks for the update Kari. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
while yours is empty a young neighbor of 8 came over to show me a baby bird she said "fell out" of a low nest. She had it in a cardboard cylinder and covered with cotton. I asked her what she planned to feed it and she said the tiny petals off my spireas. I had her show me the nest and there inside was anther baby. A lesson in not touching the baby birds and leaving their care to their parents was then taught. She wasn't happy, but slid the baby back with its sibling. Now I am keeping an eye on them to make sure they have a chance at life. M |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Karilea, I have so enjoyed sharing the joy of your young ones. I feel like their surrogate mother, as do you and the rest of the poets and readers here. You were a good mother and they will return next Spring to bring you more worry but more of nature's joy. Hugs, Marti |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
We teach them how to live on their own... and off they go... Go figure... It's surely an adjustment, isn't it?...  |
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Jason Lyle Senior Member
since 2003-02-07
Posts 1438With my darkling |
What! are you all trying to tell me my girls might leave one day?! omg, I must have a drink. Jason |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
One more day.... |
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