TOWARDS A CLOSER COMMUNION WITH BIRDS : SIX POEMS

 

1) 

GO INTO A ROOM

AWAY FROM TRAFFIC NOISE

&

REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES

THAT WAY

THERE WILL BE NOTHING

TO IMPAIR OR IMPEDE

THOSE PURE NOTES

GETTING THRU TO YOU

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2)

OPEN A WINDOW

THAT OVERLOOKS A GARDEN

WITH SHRUBS

AND/OR TREES

THEN  SIT DOWN

SHUT UP

AND BREATHE NATURALLY

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3)

DO NOT USE BINOCULARS

OR TELESCOPES

IF WISHING TO SEE

MORE THAN TWO BIRDS

IN A BUSH

AT THE SAME TIME

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4)

GO INTO THE GARDEN

WEED AND CUT GRASSES

TO DISLODGE SEEDS

TURN THE SOIL OVER

TO REVEAL

WORMS AND GRUBS

YOU MIGHT NOT

SEE THESE

BUT BIRDS

ESPECIALLY THE ROBIN

WILL

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5)

YOU WILL KNOW IF

A BIRD

IS IN LOVE WITH YOU

IT WILL VISIT

EVERY TIME

YOU APPEAR

COCK ITS HEAD

ON ONE SIDE

AND SING

SOON

YOU'LL HAVE IT FEEDING 

OUT OF YOUR HAND

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6)

IF

YOU ARE IN

THE HABIT OF

TAKING A SIESTA

DO NOT CLOSE

YOUR EYES

YOU MIGHT MISS

THE SHADOW OF

A SWOOPING BIRD

PASS OVER

THE DAY BED

WHERE YOU LIE

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

14TH/JUNE/2014

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