Interlude — A Truth

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“Interlude” — C.Birde, 6/17

Hello! I will be taking a short break from my blog and will return in about two weeks.  I will continue matching words to images during my absence, and I invite you to look for me at Carrie Birde on Instagram if you should wish. Keep dreaming, and keep creating 🙂

— C.Birde

 

Sassafras — An Image

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“Sassafras” — C.Birde, 6/17

 

 

With our backs pressed

to the smooth, silver trunk

of the Beech,

We’ll sip sassafras tea

and decipher the patterns

of steam

scrawled

upon the fragrant

morning air.

 

— C.Birde, 6/17

 

Green Tonic — A Poem

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“Fern Wood, Tourne” — C.Birde, 6/17

 

The crush and shout

of the larger world

persists

beyond these fringed,

green borders

where, time and again,

I return

to drink

the Wood Thrush’s tonic

of sung sunlight,

to feel

the fern’s frill-lipped

cool breath against

my calves,

to absorb the drum and patter

of rain upon

the woods’ sheltering

green canopy.

I come to cleanse myself –

of grief and pain and worry;

to drench myself

in green.

 

— C. Birde, 6/28/17

 

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“Wooded Path, Tourne” — C.Birde, 6/17

Spring Reign — An Image

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“Rain-Washed Evergreens” — C.Birde, 3/17

 

Drip and patter.

Distant thunder’s purr.

Birds’ persistent song

and chatter scrawled

over inverted,

cloud-drawn sky.

Spring Reign.

— C.Birde, 3/17