Trillium — An Image

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“Trillium” — C.Birde, 4/17

Trillium waited

in the garden’s corner.

She smoothed the rain from her brow,

shook out her frock,

and —

in her own time,

in her own fashion —

joined

the

 dance.

— C.Birde, 4/17

 

be-SEA-ch — A Poem

 

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“Sand & Sky & Sea” — C.Birde, 10/16

 

Hold me.

Smooth the seams from

my brow

with a song,

your voice —

cool and blue and constant —

a frill

against my ear.

Take my grief,

the ballast trapped

within heart and head and

too-narrow frame.

Lift it.

Erode it,

with patient certainty,

as the shells and stones

that lace your shore.

Scour all to

glittering, gathering sand

that gives beneath each step,

then lifts and

blows and

scatters.

 

— C.Birde, 10/16

 

Helianthus — Images

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“Helianthus Landscape” — C.Birde, 9/16

 

Helianthus nods and smiles

beyond the window,

curious why I sit indoors

when I could be outside,

adorned in goldfinches

and bees.

— C. Birde, 9/16

 

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“Helianthus Portrait” — C.Birde, 9/16

Native Honeysuckle — Images

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“Lonicera Sempervirens – Native Honeysuckle” — C.Birde, 7/16

 

Planted to tempt hummingbirds,

native honeysuckle climbs and clambers

up over the garden arch,

wriggles amongst the privet,

stretches and tumbles unrestrained

in quest of sunlight.

Scarlet success on all counts.

— C.Birde, 7/16

 

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“Lonicera Sempervirens — Native Honeysuckle Tumble” — C.Birde, 7/16

 

Wildflower Bouquet — An Image

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“Wildflower Bouquet” — C.Birde, 7/16

Yes. Let’s pause a bit,

and while you bow to inhale

the roses’ breath,

I’ll gather Fennel and Fleabane

and frothing Queen Anne’s Lace

to weave together  —

a Summer Crown

to set upon your brow.

— C.Birde, 7/17