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Open Poetry #27

May into June

Old_Shoe_New_Laces
Junior Member

since 2003-06-16

Posts 31

0 posted 2003-06-16 08:27 PM

'May into June'

Two weeks and
much rain
the soil of Jersey
pregnant with water
and although
one can find unhappiness
for the weather, for the persistence
of a grey sky, the grass
seems not to mind, the birds
appear satisfied, and
I have yet to hear a complaint
from a farmer

this morning, I was pleased
in finding a break in the clouds
the sun once again
naked in the sky
and pulling into the driveway
I saw a robin scratch the ground
for a worm with its beak,
a few finches flutter into the hedges,
and into the gutter
at the corner of this house
the dark body
of a starling

the joy of a starling
bathing in rain-water
is no different
than my own
in watching

only a longing
for the same simplicity
that is the thrill
of excited wings and tail feathers
vibrating against the water
the spilling over
onto the grass below
and the hyper shake
before it flew away.

[This message has been edited by Old_Shoe_New_Laces (06-16-2003 08:31 PM).]

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