At dVerse Frank is hosting Haibun Monday with an invitation to write about bird songs.
dVerse Poets – Haibun – Bird Songs
“I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.'” Hafez
Rejoice I've never not heard a bird sing. There's never been a moment when bird song has failed to cut through the joy or tragedy of a day, to surmount the ineffable experiences of life or the tumult of blood rush, some conjured excitement or foreboding feeling. I've heard magpies in the heat of the night, curlews before a storm, the flit and twit of honeyeaters no matter the rain, the wattle bird's beak snapping through my mind, crows in the haze of bush fire, the beautiful song of the butcher bird in the middle of a wedding. Birds, those harbingers of joy, care not for our circumstances and yet they conspire to bring us unbridled joy. Their's is a life sung and we are the privileged guests for their performance. There's never been a moment when I haven't rejoiced in the song of a bird. Musk duck quinks a joy as rain washes the low reeds songs part autumn clouds Note: Quink is the closest onomatopoeia to the sound of the musk duck I could come up with and then I found it is indeed a word - a type of goose! Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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I love the word ineffable.
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Ha, in my undergrad years I thought I was clever and used the term as slang – to mean that nothing was f’able, lol.
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How fun😂
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Thank you Cheryl, yes indeed.
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Exquisite. So many rich phrases to nibble on.
A simple yet difficult lesson we can learn from the birds.
“Their’s is a life sung”…..ours should be too.
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Many thanks Mish, much appreciated.
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Loved quink. Enjoyed the whole read.
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Thank you for loving that part, much appreciated.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you Chuck
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Hope you had a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
SOUNDS SWEET TO ME!
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And Thank you again 🙂
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These are beautiful thoughts
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Thank you very much indeed.
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Gourgious
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Thank you
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Oh this is beautiful and has made me more aware of those sounds that inhabit our days and the constant song of the birds that surround us daily
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They are so special, and they really do curt through the days.
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Paul, that last stanza is a joy to read and imagine.
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That is a joy to know, thank you so much Sara
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This morning I sat listening to cardinals calling to each other through the woods as I drank my tea! You are so right…birdsongs bring joy! Great post, Paul! ❤
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I love the photos I see of Cardinals, so striking, I haven’t checked youtube for their song, so I must do that. There’s something about it isn’t there, thank you for sharing Cheryl.
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