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
“a genius for making the ordinary sacred…” That pretty much sums it up. Can’t get enough of this guy…
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
Love it.
Awesome!
I love birds any time. Oops! I forgot about crows…. Well, most birds.
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” +
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…
Wow. So. Where’s the picture?
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 🙂
Wow, talk about a let down. Bait and switch. Overselling. I’m going to give you another chance to try it again.