Aired embellishment.
Musical sound.
Fog-cleared, of all a new-woke
Source of uplift, more vibrant
Flowering ground.
Can we, as lovers
State otherwise?
Live in the heart; bell-like rings
Relatably in tune with
These coos. Dove-size.
silly mourning doves
flit from roof to tree to roof -
hopping and dancing
matching move for move
under the warm, bright spring sun ~
chicks hatch in a month
So soothing the musical cooing of the doves
In the afternoon from the trees above
The cooing heals the stress of the day
Thank you Lord for sending them our way
always together
a partnership in flight
adventures await
The seasons that change
Observing each a moments
Cosmic alignment
Romance and Spiritual Love
are not one and the same
two often flying like twin doves
this seen is only game
One carnal commences
putting up defences
other has no fences
Though both are treasure troves, unglove
Romance and Spiritual Love
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March 26
Hey!
Doves Have No
Reputation For
Being So: HOSTILE!
You Are A Proud
Specimen, Darling...
With Your Soft
Tuxedo Wafting
And Your Sharp
Bold Collar...
There's Plenty Corn
And Bird Seed For All
Your Prolific-ness
Commands, Coo-Bird...
Who Made You Important?
***Me? Was It Me??***
Heehee.
-Gray Squirrel
03-13-2026
Morning dove strike up a conversation on fence line
as morning doves sing
flowers raise their heads
seeking comfort
Her love was as pure
as a snow white dove
she put everyone first
and made do for herself
she lived for her children
always the cook and baker
to any party she hosted or attended
people adored her skill
although she led a remarkable life
traveling and doing the things she loved
she also wrote about
the loneliness she felt
and the sadness she lived daily
two fat mourning doves
visited bird feeders....
now one lonely bird
Our world leaders bar none
(vultures each and every one)
are no more than hypocrites
if their talks are doves of peace
(they say it's purely politics)
why let fly the hawks of war
dropping bombs from drones
reducing towns to rubble
people blood and bones
bringing in the carrion crow
when will it ever end
who's to gauge assuage or know
as that (coal mine) canary
died oh so long ago
Doves cry when the earth is being disturbed
When there's conflicts and war they are perturbed
For doves are the dear Lord's symbols of peace
They bring olive branches to help wars cease.
Doves also represent the joy of love
The golden gift from heaven up above
They coo-coo-coo to attract their life mate
Then build a nest for them to populate.
Doves sing their song to tell you that they're near
A song that's soothing and moving to hear
Their musicality is a calm balm
Alike listening to a holy psalm.
Stay as innocent as doves Jesus said
Never let evil thoughts enter your head
Doves appear when one has a troubled mind
On angelic wings, bringing love sublimed.
Summer Hiku 25
twitting d ~o ~v ~e ~s on trees
gentle and soft p ~u ~r ~r ~s of love~
f –e –e –l –I –n –g -s of freedom.
it's usually early
as day starts turning
over
when the air around is as heavy as
seas
in your chest
feelings are intermixed
between despair
and hope
like the sea
when your odds are in a bottle,
scribbled futilities tossed to the waves,
exit on the backside
of tides
until they resurface
with old whale stench
one out of water
tanning
under a hard sun
doves cry
in the shade
of mahogany trees
between noon and three
when my mother's mother's
roundabout
nonsense
lyrics
"Moses speak_God's word
Isaac too"
come fresh
to me
the doleful
doves
portend cardinality
begging adulterers
to repentance
"Feathery Prophets!"
grandmothers had spoken
that death will walk
into this village,
some house, any hour,
more sure than May rain,
taking stock
and mourners...
and choirs...
and pastors preach
and pray you well
while you sleep
later we'll all fall asleep
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