Dancing Upon The Spring Breeze

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Upon the spring breeze
Birds dancing gracefully skyward
The sunlit swallow

Hummingbirds, Life, Death

I watch a hummingbird

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p style=”font-family:"”>Of heartbeats?

Seeing the Birds of Spring

Compassion and grace
Linked together as they loop
Spring’s birds appearing

The Great Blue Heron

This gangly bird
Inelegant legs, bearing
Ghost upon the marsh

Awakened by Birdsong

This sky is still dark

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p style=”font-family:’Helvetica Neue’, Arial, sans, sans-serif;”>Blessed by these birds 

A view from my commute 

Within the hard rain 

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p style=”font-family:’Helvetica Neue’, Arial, sans, sans-serif;”>Atop steel tree; watching 

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p style=”font-family:’Helvetica Neue’, Arial, sans, sans-serif;”>A hawk sits, hungry