Constance La France Poet Free verse

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Poetry/Open Verse/cerulean ''blue'' blue bird
Copyright Protected, ID 12-1608-823-19
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France

Written, December 19, 2023
For the International Contest, Contest No. 1265
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 12/21/2023

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cerulean ''blue'' blue bird

a movement catches my eye
a flutter     a flash of blue
      &I focus on
the build&beak shape
&wings that say to me
              a blue bird
        but, I look more closely
there is no orange rusty
                   breast? 
    I get out my trusty bird ID book
no rust on breast?
        color a gorgeous
cerulean blue
              like the sky above
a bit azure    a bit ultra marine
     a bit turquoise depending on 
the light&shade
it is a mountain blue bird*
                 all blue
they love open woodlands, farm 
fields&our backyards
making nests in tree cavities
&fence posts      anywhere cozy
  sadly, so do sparrows&starlings
causing a decline of blue birds
but    people putting up nest boxes
in their yards
       has created a promising
comeback for this lovely ''blue'' bird
              across the USA&Canada ...
           &then     he is gone
flying away ...

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