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Expansive Mother Sky,
in all your greys and blues,
your hazy autumn hues,
you hold my heart
the way the rugged maple
holds the twiggy nest
in which sits a little brown bird,
serene, and softly singing.
***
Small bird,
with your sweetness
you are
you are
the bodhisattva
of my morning.
Songstress,
Songstress,
you awaken me
to the plight of all beings.
***
You,
who own only feathers,
are far happier
than we.
Teach us your song.
what a beautiful poem and cute photo!...Nature is indeed the best Teacher....
ReplyDeleteAmen. Teach us to live - unworried, knowing that nature will provide a way if we need, the wind a way for the wing - help us find such peace.
ReplyDeleteI would love to lean that song. Just be in the moment. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe more we have, the more we want, the more unhappy we are. We don't have to look far to see how life should be lived and we humans have made a mockery of it. Year by year we lose something. I can remember one of my Aunts singing as she did the clothes washing and wringing just like the bird happy to be alive.
ReplyDeleteHere you turn to the greatest teacher of all, capturing in analogy the lesson of both large and small. In the bird, we can see the entire world and learn the ways of citizenship therein! Splendid! Your poem thrills my heart with its song.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteWithin its simplicity, there is the song of hope, the life lesson we need; excellence within brevity. I like the lines /songstress/you awaken me/to the plight of all beings/.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work!! Indeed mother nature is the greatest teacher of them all :D
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
Some teachers don't speak - they sing. This is an intimate tribute to our flying friends Sherry. Now I iam imagining myself on a hammock listenkng to various songs of the birds
ReplyDeleteA beautiful message Sherry ~ I can only hope to learn from nature and creatures of the earth ~
ReplyDeleteOh yes, we CAN learn so much from nature! She is one of the best teachers, in fact.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous message Sherry! The birds of the field are indeed teachers of the best kind
ReplyDeleteSurely we can learn from the birds
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
I we look we can learn from nature. Look at a seagull's face as it soars over the waves...or dofs playing...sheer joy !
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ReplyDeleteare far happier
Those who are deprived often have less problems and a lot happier in facing life. We can reflect on ours to see how they can really manage! Great thoughts Sherry!
Hank
I have thought for a long time now that a simple life is a way to live with more contentment. We can learn a lot from nature.
ReplyDeleteI was really tempted to write about the animals, but then remembered all the other things that had to be done today. Yes, the little songstress has so much to teach us, if we listen,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Mother sky gave us the small birds to show us the way perhaps...owning feathers...i love that idea..all that we need..inside us.. how uplifting seeing the little things can be xo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem, Sherry!.....the divine works through them. We have so much to learn....!
ReplyDeleteThe song will be taught to those (and only those) who are willing to learn--and you are one of them!
ReplyDeleteTo Teach the Humble
Deep message subtly laid...the last stanza says it all - even with nothing, they are happy, and we, the most evolved species, having all still crib...
ReplyDeleteOh, and how they teach us their song! What a beautiful poem!
ReplyDeleteThis poem seems to reflect your own philosophy so well, Sherry. You are a student of nature indeed.
ReplyDeleteThis is perfection, Sherry...
ReplyDelete"You,
who own only feathers,
are far happier
than we.
Teach us your song."
I'm so inspired by your way with Nature...a true student. Thank you, Sherry!
nature has so much to teach us - listen up students
ReplyDeletehope you are enjoying the beauty of fall's song
Amazing how we can learn so much instinctively and without effort. It is being wise and good that requires the most effort and as humans, we often need to overcome many of our baser instincts in order to transcend our animal selves...
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