Don'T Cry

it’s your turn to fly

blackbird sings in dark black night

freedom imagined
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Blodgett Avatar
February 6, 2020 at 2:33 PM
This is great! Lonna
Hoffman Avatar
February 6, 2020 at 6:41 PM
Thank you, Lonna!
Sietesantos Avatar
January 17, 2020 at 4:06 PM
What an awesome Haiku! Love it, Franci! Pandita
Vangaveti Avatar
August 12, 2019 at 10:03 AM
Your Haikus are brilliant :)
Hoffman Avatar
August 12, 2019 at 10:29 AM
Thank you so much!
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July 17, 2019 at 6:11 AM
A song from the 70's is coming rapidly into my thought waves as I read this poem, Franci, something about Blackbird and the dead of night. Now this hippie who hardly remembers music is going to have to Google that song. Blackbird is barely mentioned in poetry. Thank you for honoring brother blackbird this morning.
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July 17, 2019 at 3:11 PM
You're on the right track, Caren. The song, Blackbird, by The Beatles was from their 1968 album The Beatles aka The White Album. I don't know why the song popped into my head but it was my inspiration for the poem.
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