Short Sounding Off Poems

brown-headed nuthatch
sounding off in desert tree…
Bernie’s swishing tail
as he runs then peters out…
free bird in leafless mirth squeeks

2/8/2022...

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Inside I feel rage
I am not alone in this
One must face up to one's demons 
and conquer them
The world being what it is
we must gather our strength to fight 
Politics can be voicous 
Yet is is a part of life 
Somwhere in the distance 
A wild animal is sounding off
We will know peace...

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With every coming of spring, 
it is such a wonderful thing. 
I hear a chorus of bird song in the morning. 
Oh how sweet they sing! 
The rising sun is what I see. 
Our feathered friends are sounding off in harmony. 
They seem to be calling to me 
as they perch themselves up in each tree.

inspired by another member's poem
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No bitterness, better than me
No measurement of sour, nor apple pulled off
No old man on a corner talking to himself
No old story
No hurt that hadn’t hurt already
No cause for sounding off
No worse than you
No reason for all the things said
No worry, when no one worries, when I’m dead
No reason
No reasonable rhyme
No worries while I’m
No wonder. . . out of time, with
No bitter. . . less. . . than what I left behind...

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Painting #6  Theater by Mary Cassatte 1879 

Fragile 

Captivated, alive, 
every ounce of her being, 
coming to life, every delicate 
emotion danced. 

Every mastered note romanced 
her deeply, a love affair long-lasting 
dare not end tonight, dare not 
bow as the curtain closes 
hiding from her 
fluttering heart. 

Sounding off as the drumbeat 
fades into the dressing room, 
reveal your face. She beckons 
her love as the 
curtain remains 
closed....

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