I found it under the blumgum tree -
a soft intonation of new life:
a featherless finch
begging me
to nurture it to a swirling silhouette
against the vista of roof and verandah
announcing mating-time
and early summer
For weeks I fed it on my tenderness:
kept it between bare breasts
that trembling life
for it to feel the heat
of skin; the heartbeat
of my love
The day declared that it was time
to let it out and free
it to the sky
a nimble take off in pure perfection
was interrupted by a brief return
a swift salute
The day was clear without a trace of darkness
which even in that daylight lurked:
I did not see
the owl
myra
2002
Author notes
My little finch was caught unexpectedly in broad daylight by an owl ...
Written March 13th, 2002
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Thanks, CL ... I enjoyed your visit.
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beautiful & enchanting write. very interesting.
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Thank you for reading, A.Rose!
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Patrick ... unbelievable: the owl waited for almost two weeks on the loft ... I did not see it on that day, because it was in a nearby tree ...
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Heart felt poem. Picture perfect. Thanx for sharing your thoughts.
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Like a little alfred hichcock story all nice and sweet til you get to the last line.........Kinda wonder though, just where did the owl come from in broad daylight?
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Yes Mike ... true: but do not forget - the nurturing phase is yours forever ... Myra
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Dark poem Myra, so very much like life... sometimes all of our nurturing is for naught...
Mike -
Thank you, all! I still feel so sad ...
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urg. i wasn't ready for that. it was SO beautiful. i was ready for a song of elation!! freedom of flight. not... consumption of being. great write.
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Beautiful write....
Your finch may have been stalked...
Perhaps just the excuse to give something your total love
is the gift here for you...
wonderful story..
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hmmmm .. now I see the ending .. I was so caught up in the beauty of the finch freedom, that I missed the rest ..
Myra .. this is such a beautiful poem! -
Oh .. :-(
Just read the author's comments .. :-(
sooo .. sooo sorry ..
geeze ..
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Oh .. what a wonderful scene!
I'm crying slightly .. happy tears.
Wonderful ..
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i really love this poem. : ) i'm low on words but thats all i can think of right now.
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Yes ... very accurate vision, gecko: as always. This is a real life poem. I still feel the total disbelief, that something guided so tenderly towards freedom, could instantaneously become nothing else than a morsel of food ... I felt a partner in crime.
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OH POO
this was beautifuly done Myra
(I like Blue Gums... there is just something very Australian about them..hehehehe)
am sorry your finch was taken Myra
perhaps??....we could look at the time you spent nurturing you finch as time you spent also nurturing the owl
love your words Myra
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