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Aysu Selin's avatar

This makes me want to write in your garden 🦉

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Lyssa Reese's avatar

Me, too!

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Christy Warren's avatar

I LOVE this poem and I LOVE that hawk!!!!! Thank you for sharing both!

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Julie Barton's avatar

Christy, it was so freaking cool. Let me know if you want me to send you the whole video of the visitation. I am fully bird-nerding out in the clip, but you can see my computer in the beginning. I was working on the poem and full on gasped when the hawks arrived (there were two)!

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Christy Warren's avatar

Please do!!!!! We get a lot of birds in our backyard. The hawks are the coolest. One time we had a mama hawk teaching is youngster to fly in the big oak tree right off our deck! I love the birds! Honestly, they give me hope that the world is going to be alright. They just keep doing their thing with every season.

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Greg Carman's avatar

Thanks for sharing, again. Yesterday coincidentally a butcher bird came an alighted in the back of the chair across from me not six feet away and let out a shrill cry - startling me. Not as I was writing, but still prompted me to include it in yesterday’s piece.

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Julie Barton's avatar

Amazing, Greg!

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Echoes From The Fire's avatar

“My face is still aging because I am aging.” Simple, but great line. Thank you for sharing.

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Tara White's avatar

Hawk, a messenger from above of divine encouragement to play in the Wisdom of nature instead of worry about our beauty’s demise. Such a lovely reminder. Thank you!

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Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT's avatar

Such a beauty✨

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Margaret Leggatt's avatar

Breathtaking. She is gorgeous. Confirmation indeed.

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Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

Yes!

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