As April draws to a close, I must slip in one more bit of verse – though, of course, poetry will continue on and on. It cannot stop – it is in our souls.
Though I had it in my mind to write one of those long, deep, spiritual posts today, the Spirit seems to have led me in a different direction.
Ah, to be led by God and have no will of my own! A priceless thing…
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(This poem is meant to be read from top to bottom, regardless of whether the next line appears on the left or the right side of the image collage. I have also printed the poem by itself below, for those who might find this distracting.)
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they splash in their bath
and sip of its coolness
refreshing
warm dusty feathers
and seedy bills.
spreading forth wings
before sun’s light
they sing –
o glory –
it is Spring…
A priceless thing... 
Beautiful! A new psalm! Brings to mind, “The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches…” (Psalm 104)
Al, thanks for bringing to mind Psalm 104. (Verses 33-34 below.)
“I will sing to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in the LORD.”
Indeed, I rejoice in Him…
What is true
Is today
A yellow finch
Flew
In bright swoops
To my red plum tree
Whose leaves, if they knew
I was here,
Might say, see
What God
Has done
For me.
I really love this. Thank you for honoring my blog with such a poem. (It ought to be published in a more worthy forum than this.)
Are all the images from your backyard?
Yes. All were received through my kitchen window 🙂 but only one of them this year. I went through the archives to make the collage.
Kind comment about my little poem, which IS PUBLISHED now. I think it was meant to be here. What better place?!