Sunday, April 19, 2020

NaPoWriMo--DAY NINETEEN

NaPoWriMo PROMPT: write a poem based on a “walking archive.” What’s that? Well, it’s when you go on a walk and gather up interesting thing – a flower, a strange piece of bark, a rock. This then becomes your “walking archive” – the physical instantiation of your walk.

Shooting Birds--19 April 2020 

All winter long 
The usual birds 
Who never make the long trip south. 
When summer ends, when cold winds blow 
When rivers freeze
 Magpie 
Pigeon
Sparrow 
Crow
 And don’t forget the chickadees. 
They endure the months of snow. 

In March 
When winter starts to go 
We hear the doves 
Then
 Flickers 
Blackbirds 
And we know 
It’s spring when
 There are
 Robins.
 Robins overflow. 

Today 
Out on the lake
 I saw loons
 The hawks are back.
 Kingfishers too. 
Osprey 
Swallows
 Duck
 Duck
 Goose.

(all my photos--most taken today--19 March 2020)


4 comments:

  1. I liked your pictures of birds and your poem.

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  2. This is a great blend of playful poetry and photos. Very creative.

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  3. Hey, thanks for your comments. It was great to have an excuse to break out my zoom lens and take it for a walk. New birds showing up here every day.

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