Saturday, January 29, 2011

bohemian waxwing rhapsody

irruptive unpredictable
confiding & gregarious
the wandering bohemian waxwing

words of ornithology
only begin to describe
the illusive bomycilla garrulus

yesterday
75 or perhaps a hundred or more
among the persistent tiny crab apples
along a winter street in the Soo

nomadic & unconventional
they speak and move as one
and as many

their voices and wings
weave
a rhapsody--
enthusiastic improvisational
uninterrupted & ecstatic
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3 comments:

  1. leslie anneJanuary 30, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    I had heard of the cedar waxwing, but not the bohemian - beautiful markings, and just read about the 'red sealing wax' feather tips of the 'waxwings', named in a past time when sending and sealing a message was more tangible and uniquely hand crafted.

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  2. leslie anneNovember 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM

    where is the nomadic and unconventional weblogue author? I look forward to another post!

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  3. jeffrey riordan hinichNovember 30, 2012 at 9:39 AM

    he just stepped out

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