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Feeder Lake

Feeder Lake

There Is A Lake
Reserved For Silence.

And Nothing Left
   To Lose...

Where A Sky Blue
 Framing Border
   Re-Flects  
 Every Shiver 
   Stippled On
A Softened Shore...

That Holds A Dam
   Of Tears.

     ***

I Can Let Some 
   Flow Out.

     But:

I Can't Remember
 What The Tears 
    Are For.

      ***

 I Used To Nearly
Leap Adrift In Sky
And Ride The Future
 Rocks Be-Damned...
Into A Moonlit Sea.
       *
 I Used To Haunt
The Oaks All Night
Beside The Crippled
Creek Where Glowing
Green Embers Howled
   And Croaked.
       *
But I Can't Feel
Why I Cry-ed Those
Tears - Why I
 Fought 
   Or Drank
     Or Choked.

To The Lava Core
    It WAS!

    Where?

     ***

I Used To Sob
Over The Flavor
And The Texture
Of Your Skin...
  
  And Hair 
And Breathless
 Both We Wept
Together There...

   And Then 
    Apart.

     ***

But I Don't
   KNOW
What Those 
Tears Are For!
 
  Any More!

     ***

Irrigation.
 Evaporation.
  Precipitation.

 Flowing, 
   Pooling,
     Kept.

Make The Desert
  Red And Wet.

-Gray Squirrel

06-27-2025

spring story

wrens crowd the feeder
awaiting their finest chance ~
seeds strewn all over

Large Furry Visitor-or What Ate the Suet

bird feeder pole snapped in two
suet cakes gone-border collies barking
large furry forager departed- sated

Demon Feeder

I thought my demons were almost defeated,
But you took their side, and told them my secrets.
Whispered my fears, my doubts, my shame,
Fed them the lies that carry my name.
I thought you would shelter me from the night,
Be my shield when darkness stole my light.
But you opened the doors I fought to close,
And handed them truths that nobody knows.
Now they grow louder, clawing inside,
With your words as weapons, nowhere to hide.
I face them alone, though you stand near,
A stranger now, silence is all I hear.
I trusted your hands to help me heal, 
But you wanted pain to be what I feel.
Where once was someone I thought had cared,
Is a ghost of a friend, and an empty chair.

feeder

hummingbird feeder
filled to the brim, bird flies in....
barn swallow glides, swoops

Baffles

Squirrels leap with vain effort,
Baffles guard the seeds.
Autumn's bounty held aloft,
Nature's jest in silent play.

Felicia Fox Feeder

Felicia the fox feeder became a mother of five
When their sainted fox mother was no longer alive
Their mother’s spirit sat in the trees and watched Felicia though
Thrilled she treated her kits with love that continued to grow
She was Felicia’s spirit animal from that moment until forever.
When did she abandon her? Never, and I mean never.

Penguin Feeder

In the backyard I built a penguin feeder
In the hopes of becoming a breeder
But I have yet to spot
A penguin on my lot
So I hired an aquatic cheerleader

At first she attracted a duck and a wren
So I quickly built a large penguin pen
But after ten days
I sent her away
When she only drew in, fishy smelling men

Follow The Leader

Beautiful birds, taking their fill,
At the feeder, gentle and still…
Risking the time, immobile,
Blessed by the treasure, the meal…
Delicious fortune in the feeder,
Breathtaking, playing follow the leader!

Thankful For the Birds Who Come To Our Feeder

May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word of thanks…
and thoughts of gratitude.

Today I’m thankful for the birds who come to our feeders
to partake of a little free food…
and for how they spend times in our trees
singing their songs of gratitude.

Snow Falls Incessant Tableau

Aha! Trees decked with 
                                   Gleaming snow, feeder
                                        Still inviting the
                                   Chilled birds...a kind heart, 
                                      A thoughtful gesture... 
                                      Snow falls incessant!


                                          Picture #2
                                         FIRST PLACE

Bear-Able Feeder

in the spring...
a bears nose
will seek out

whatever smell
fantasy sizes a
quick free meal...

five bird feeders
on the sun-deck...
were pulled down

broken apart and
emptied last night...
by some bear cubs

about every three years...
such happens so it pays
to make your own feeders...

stans sand

The Empty Feeder

The backyard feeder for the birds
Brought squirrels who, for sure,
Believed that with some cast-off seeds
They certainly would score.

For months that worked for everyone
Until that fateful day
I looked outside to see
That squirrels can be local prey.

For right below the feeder,
A coyote stood his ground,
Then grabbed a fresh-killed squirrel 
‘Fore he vanished with a bound.

I haven’t filled the feeder since
Nor ventured out to sit,
But it’s so lovely weather-wise,
I’m outside for a bit.

As soon as I sat down, three birds
Came swooping in for seed,
But with some squirrels realized
I had not fulfilled their need.

It’s sad that one coyote 
Stole the pleasure we have missed,
Yet both predators and prey, I guess,
Both need to coexist.

Little Curly Mae

I'm yelling at a squirrel today
Then watching her just whirl away
Her name is Little Curly Mae
She's such a pretty girl I'd say 
But eats the birdseed from the tray
Then hides herself inside her dray.

Feeder In the Snow

Filled the feeder in the snow
Because, of all the weathers,
This one makes the search for food 
Quite tough for those with feathers.

Had to chase some squirrels -
Let them eat the nuts they’ve hoarded -
But then the birds began to come
And wow, was I rewarded!

Chickadees and sparrows,
Blue jays and a mourning dove,
Then a Woody Woodpecker,
A species that I love.

Flocks of little black birds
That prefer to peck the ground,
Crows above on branches
Where good resting spots are found.

Set against the blanket
Of the freshly fallen snow, 
I’m happy as I watch the birds
Who know just where to go.

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