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Chimney Swifts Drop In!

Chimney swifts roost together in fall before beginning their long migration.

 

 

Dusk. Look up. Listen:
whirling, chippering bird cloud.
Chimney swifts drop in.

 

Watch the video! 

 

You can find out more about chimney swifts from All About Birds or Audubon.

 

Today's Poetry Friday Roundup is at The Miss Rumphius Effect. Enjoy!

 

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These Days

 

These Days
 

Six in the morning

my neighbor's radio

interrupts dove's soft coo,

crickets' bright chirps.

 

I once had

    obligations.

These days I just putter,

hands plunged in holy soil,

heart full of birdsong,

believing in miracles,

watching them grow.

 

© 2021 JoAnn Early Macken

 

It's been a summer, hasn't it? I took a step back from writing and spent more time gardening, reading, and sewing, hoping that a bit of a break would help me refocus and the annual back-to-school hubbub would invite me back to work.

 

The night before our neighborhood school started, we spotted nighthawks flying over as they do at the start of every school year. In the morning, excited kids and parents walked past our house to the elementary school down the block just like they used to. And I woke up excited about writing again. 

 
Just what I needed, I guess. Lucky me!

 

Be sure to visit the Poetry Friday Roundup with Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe. Enjoy!

 

 

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