Birds of many colors
spread your wings to fly
upward to the treetops
on up into the sky.
Birds with sweetest voices
sing now across the way
begin a happy melody
in every heart today.
© Freeda Baker Nichols
Tag Archives: dove
Today, I wrote a poem . . .
Nothing great, just something fun–this poem I wrote today. It takes a while for new creations to “jell” and so I’m not quite ready to share this new one. I also photographed a bird today. A dove. A pair of doves fly into my yard each evening and feed before the redbirds get here. The doves are quiet, peaceful and polite. They are watchful, too. It’s a challenge to take a good photo of them. But still I try, sometimes waiting a long time before they strike a pose that causes me to shoot–the camera.
Do you like the doves? This one looks like a good subject for a poem, or a story. Do you think so, too? If you wrote a verse about this dove, what emotion would your words convey? Sadness, happiness, loneliness, or something else? Please leave a note in a comment below. Thanks. –Freeda Baker Nichols
Photo101-Solitude
That hour when the sun is still yawning.
Photo one: black and white
Peace to all who view. Alone. No thoughts to camouflage. No interrupting sound.
Photo two: filtered
Solitude. Think. Smile. Feel happy. Get a toehold. Refresh. Watch the sunrise. Just be.
Photo three: original
Photo101: Solitude Day Five
Which frame do you like best?
A Dove
a dove lights on ground
finds feed among grass and leaves
day before New Year
© Freeda Baker Nichols
One Mourning Dove
the pink-feathered dove
continues his mourning sound
into the twilight
© Freeda Baker Nichols
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