More than Birds

Nature~ so entertaining...daily!

More than Birds

 

The sprinklers are running

Because of the hot sweaty air

All the tiny birds are playing in the crystal droplets

 Warblers, kinglets, chickadees, and

Some of those gnatcatchers.

The early hours are the magical time of my day

To catch this winged dancing in the water flowing

In the air before it kisses the blades of green.

 

By my kitchen windows,

Watching with my coffee cup in hand

And my book in my lap,

Becoming a bird watcher that is what I am

Along with many colorful butterflies, buzzing bees,

And swarming wasps visiting the scene

As the birds do their daily bathing

In the streaming drops from the sprinklers

Turning in the lawns across from me.

 

I'm simply besotted with these birds

Putting on the Ritz and becoming spotted

With the liquid moisture

Before my eyes,

However, the are no condors present

To give me a glimpse of their wings spread

Widely over our city or country.

Only one hawk that often dives towards

The squirrels munching on my neighbor's deck,

Her pretty sunflowers become their meal.

As their large pollen coated petals scatter,

and land in the surrounding bushes

Of azalea

It is a primitive still life only

Ever so touching because of the sadness

of stolen seeds

As the yellow finches return to find the sunflowers

already

Destroyed and littering the pink blooms swaying

In the calm winds.

I wait for my next morning to come

And the show to begin with this same cast

Of characters entertaining me with their daily

Routine.   J. E. Cook ©2017

 

 

 

Author's Note

Thanks for reading~

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the description. You create view of dancing birds and warm Spring day. Thank you Josie for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Thank you for leaving your words!

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure dear Josie. Enjoy the warm days of Spring.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

I am trying too! You too!