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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Morning Walk

I paused this morning
on my walk
To stand and listen
to the small birds talk.

Perched high up
in the Paloverde tree
they called to each other
too-whit, too-whee.

Their calling song
made me smile
and helped me walk
an extra mile.


   It is Sunday and it is Vida de Loca day in Tucson.  This is like a big community picnic, where lots of local restaurants have booths to sell ethnic foods.  Early this morning there was a farmers market to sell local produce.  And of course there is music and dancing.  Can you write a picnic poem today?  What fun things happen at your picnics?  Have fun writing.

6 comments:

  1. I love this poem, Joy, a small moment captured for the day.

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    1. Thanks, Linda.
      Are you done with snow for this year yet? We are starting to heat up quickly. All the "snow birds" are leaving town. It was 82 again yesterday, and I see the cherry blossoms are happening in DC, and there is flooding in other parts of the South.

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  2. Joy,
    I love that the birds motivated you to walk an extra mile. What type birds were these? I liked their calls.

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    1. Linda, I'm not sure exactly, They looked a lot like chickadees, but not exactly. I've had my bird book out a lot lately. This morning I watched a young gila woodpecker tilting my hummingbird feeder so he could get the sugar liquid to slosh out. He didn't have his red hat yet, but oh what a beautiful yellow on the feathers under his rump.

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  3. And your poem made me smile. This is a really good one. Thanks.

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  4. Thanks for that "really" Rosi. You've made my day.

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