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:
Love your pictures and your poem.
I liked your pictures of birds and your poem.
This is a great blend of playful poetry and photos. Very creative.
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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