Hello!
“I’d like to challenge you today to write a poem about an animal” [NaPoWriMo site]
I took a breather in the garden today as the kids were back at school and I was feeling a little out of sorts (over nothing in particular).
I looked up at the lovely white-blossom tree that bobs above our back fence, and relaxed to the general low hub-bub of the neighbourhood mixed with the sounds of nature.
Inhaled.
Exhaled…
I listened: a familiar song!
A blackbird spied upon the lawn –
A dapper fellow, sooted out,
Tossing leaves and twigs about.
His melody does take me back
To a dear man, with records stacked;
Who taught me many gentle things
‘Bout moss, trains – and how blackbirds sing.
Now that man rests on heaven’s shore,
But morning’s broken here once more;
Despite his garb, this bird brought smiles:
His serenade a welcome wile.
Until tomorrow, dear readers…
[Pic is from here]
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