Little Brown Bats, Swifts, Canada Warblers   

The Sun is in Taurus now

Canada Warblers        and a few little brown bats return                  dulcet faces

after  swifts and swallows       in the evening             sonar pathways                                                   

with stars, flowers, celestial routes

warmer earlier this spring      migration of winged ones    return of perennials, memories

azalea  rhododendron           blue bell          forget-me-not             Camas and Calla Lilies

peonies           dogwood         fullness of flowers       more petals

more radar      more wings     more astrological aspects       more gratitude            more sorrow

Mercury-Saturn-Mars conjunct          A Full Scorpio Moon on Beltane         Wesak

the bats and little birds fly closer       over the crown of the trees, our heads

I consider the kindness of bats, swallows, swifts, warblers

filling up with more mosquitos, gnats

joining the pollinators

nesting in the hollowed Hazelnut trees

they remind us to listen

to our own interior wisdom.   

 

(after “A Practice of Reverence” a poem by Julia Fehrenbacher)

 

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