A Glimpse of the Eternal
Just now,
a sparrow lighted
on a pine bough
right outside
my bedroom window
and a puff
of yellow pollen
flew away.
~ Ted Kooser, Delights & Shadows
Notes:
- Ted Kooser won the Pulitzer prize in Poetry in 2005 for Delights & Shadows. The New York Times: “Ted Kooser…has a genius for making the ordinary sacred.”
- Photograph of White Throated Sparrow: Bill McBride
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“a genius for making the ordinary sacred…” That pretty much sums it up. Can’t get enough of this guy…
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You caught that (she who misses nothing). Yes, the reviewer nails it. And I can’t seem to get enough either…have a good day Lori
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Love it.
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Awesome!
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I love birds any time. Oops! I forgot about crows…. Well, most birds.
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O crows circling over my head and cawing!
I admit to being, at times,
Suddenly, and without the slightest warning,
Exceedingly happy.
-Charles Simic, excerpt from “Heights of Folly” +
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While away for a few days – I had the amazing moment of parking my chair in the sand directly under a pine tree where it was pointed out to me by a nature photographer with a very impressive camera lens that up in the branches was perched a Bald Eagle chick. I didn’t move (other than my head on a swivel, of course). It was the one time I would have been totally ok if the bird above would decide to do business…
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Wow. So. Where’s the picture?
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I know! In my mind? On the sd card in the photographer’s camera? I didn’t have mine with me and my phone camera couldn’t capture it. You’re just gonna have to trust me on this one 🙂
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Wow, talk about a let down. Bait and switch. Overselling. I’m going to give you another chance to try it again.
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