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Tribute To the Birds

So sadly, I must kill you my pretties - then, I can love each of ye forever. True tears moisten simple strokes of my brush, gay gouache can caress every feather. As you ascend, your wings will be fulfilled when they lift to embrace heavenly winds. We will long look skyward to hear thee sing on high to that place of our earthly ends. I shall study you and paint all your kind to show the wide world how lovely thou are. If I can complete just this one good thing - hence, birder's high hopes should fly ever far. Rhyme, 12 lines, Nov 2021, 98 Words, About John James Audubon 1785-1851 creator of The Birds Of America book, 435 bird paintings that that changed the course of avian history forever. Eve Roper Contest: Rhyme Poems 11/5/21, 12 Lines, 98 Words

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Michael Miers

Date: 12/18/2021 2:19:00 PM

a bird man. in a very personal sense, it seems to me. as you address your birds. francis preached to flocks of birds, didn't he ? beautiful work.

Greg Gaul
Date: 12/18/2021 7:18:00 PM

Thanks for your critique Michael. In a bizarre way I think these were his thoughts. But strangely, at the same time, he was not aware or awake of his own consequences. Ego of some sort consumed him.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/19/2021 8:36:00 AM

What a story/write. Thanks for the note at the bottom about John James Audubon. Have a blessed day/weekend..................

Greg Gaul
Date: 11/19/2021 1:39:00 PM

Paula, thanks for your perceptive interest in this. It's actually an embedded poem in another poem called "The Twisted Tale Of An Avian Apparition". You might enjoy.