Struggle — A Poem

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“Struggle” — C.Birde,  3/1

 

Dark star’s

collapse,

plummet

and crash.

Bones

broken,

protest

choked.

Wings tight-

folded,

neck arched

in sharp crescent;

plucked feathers

spread over green-

bladed grass.

Dark-bodied

constellation

pricks and studs

surrounding

trees,

mourns

in raucous,

full-throated,

voice.

— C.Birde, 3/1

 

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“Struggle, Detail” — C.Birde, 3/1

Blades & Branches — A Poem

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“Branches” — C.Birde, 2/17

Again,

the grind

and grumble

of saw and blade

disturb.

Air parts,

earth trembles;

Bark,

phloem,

cambium,

sapwood,

heartwood —

bitten,

pierced

and chewed

in joyless

hunger.

Sentinel Maples

or Evergreen Guard,

Merriam or

Addis Oak,

Hickory

or Treebeard –

When next I walk,

whose absence

will

I mark?

 

— C.Birde, 2/17

 

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Winter’s Scythe — A Poem

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“Wind in Clouds” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Scythe of Winter —

wind that lashes,

scours,

cleans;

sweeps the path

clear

of excess;

prepares space

for tender,

new

growth.

— C.Birde, 2/17

All Winter in a Day — Images

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“Winter Landsape” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Winter arrived —

fashionably late —

and spread her

glittering,

white-trimmed mantle

without haste,

so all observing

might recall,

in awe,

her beauty.

— C.Birde, 2/17

 

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“Blue Jay Snow Angel” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Shadows — A Poem

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“Shadow” — C.Birde, 2/17

 

Whether kind

or cruel,

helpful

or hindrance,

generous

or self-serving,

compassionate

or hard-hearted,

Whether we include

or isolate,

build bridges

or erect walls,

We experience mortality

in union

with all

creatures.

And the shadows

we cast

betray

our

actions.

— C.Birde, 2/17