The Oracle gave me birds today. I’ve resurrected the birdlings to accompany the words. I don’t know where the real birdlings are in my disorganized office, but I have photos of their past adventures. I used this for one of Jane Daugherty’s Yeats prompts a couple years ago.
The blue jays have been drowning everyone out all summer on my street, but recently a crow has been trading barbs with them.
crow and blue jay
ferociously awake morning–
linger like steel dazzled glass
devouring air
remember who you are–
a fool for wild voices,
born naked
sailing a secret ocean
of star fever dancing
Keeping the Secret Keeper, whose words I used for Jane’s prompt, in my thoughts too.
K. 
How wonderful that the Oracle came you birds today. I love your collage, too–I remember it. And the Oracle’s message to remember who you are–and it’s funny because we just watched a movie on Netflix called Remember.
I like crows and blue jays. There was something calling today–we couldn’t figure out what it was.
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Thanks Merril.
I’m always rushing to the Audubon website to try to identify bird calls. So far, my only success is flicker. But we have starlings and mockingbirds who imitate other birds as well…
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Yes. I love mockingbirds, too. 🙂
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I love that collage too! The birdlings are gathering by the water after the drought. Our jays keep a low profile but the crows are bruisers. They attack the buzzards for no reason at all that I can see, chasing them and roaring at them for maybe half a mile before they give it a rest.
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Thanks Jane. Birds are endlessly fascinating.
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They are. One of the consolations of winter is that they come closer to the house after food so I can see them.
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And the leaves don’t hide them.
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True. And they care less. Hunger takes precedence.
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Always.
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“linger like steel dazzled glass
devouring air”
Nice bird capture on the bird calls.
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Thanks Ken. They are quite insistent on being heard.
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Gah! Just gorgeous. I’m out of superlatives, Kerfe.
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Thanks Diana, and I’m out of ways to express my thanks.
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Ha ha ha.
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Your collage is beautiful, Kerfe! You know how much I love birds! 😊 We see a lot of crows at the lake. They can be quite annoying when they are mating and seem to caw nonstop! Lol!
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Thanks Jill. They are not subtle!
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