freedom on the wing
liberty perched
high in the pine
Spotted
Flock In Flight
together in the blue and white
while each still
going their own way
Dispersing
heron on the wing
an echo of the morning mist
rising and disappearing
Synchronized Ice
I see the sound
of ice birds
murmuration
Ice Birds
perched upon
the window screen
then rising into flight
Secrets
a morse code of snow
dots and dashes
flying past the pine
All On One Fine Day
cardinal in the tree top
a hawk gliding home
the eagle riding thermals
Mistaken For A Coven
this murder of crow
trick or treating
in the field
Gathering And Traveling
ascending the ridge
a clustering of geese
search for their formation
leaders emerge
vying for the point position
of their traveling “v”
Fledging
finding the courage
for all the flights
after the first
The Sun And The Moon
before the moon
was done
the sun had begun
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thin line of a bird
flying in the space
where night meets day
Soar
once the updraft
is found
flight is effortless
Rooted Aspirations
like many tiny wings
the fluttering of a flock of leaves
do trees fly in their dreams?
Come Along
ground bound
my spirit soars
in tandem with their flight
Good Manners
this autumn leaf flittered and flew
delivering a personal goodbye
to each remaining hour
Rise
crows ascend
from the field feeding
only the hungriest linger
Come And Go
meadows of milkweed for monarchs
we scan for yellow black stripes
and then the chandeliers of chrysalis
until the triumph of your red-orange winged flight
Flight Of The Baby Snapping Turtle
a bird plucked you from the ground
then found you undesirable and dropped you down
some million turtle miles from the brook
to which you were returned completely unshook
Flowered Flight
mariposa
my magnolia
a bloom of butterflies
Secrets Of The Feathered Fellowship
on gray days
being in community
creates its own kind of sunlight
I Am Lifted
silently you rise
taking my spirit
with you
Learning To Fly
the seeds
are feathered
and ready for flight
Dandelion Ice
old man winter puffs
and ice flies
like dandelion fluff
En Mass
they flew
into the sunset
shepherding light
Microscopic Astronauts
the ground grew
a space station ready
to launch spores into flight
Wing And A Prayer
catching air
ascend ascend ascend
Milkweed Meteorite
well worth
ablation and impact
Into The Blue
if I lift my arms
will I be able to fly?
Field Colleague
Two Birds
was unfathomable
so they flew together
