Wednesday, 12 August 2009

5 P.M.


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File:Mimus polyglottos1.jpg





A seam opens
in the traffic
flow I
hear this
mockingbird in my
backyard
and when it's gone
Satie
played by
Shearing
on an antique FM
drifting
down through yellow plum
leaves
against the blue rush
hour sky





File:Wang Mian, Plum Blossoms in Early Spring.jpg







Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottus): photo by Ryan Hagerty (US Fish and Wildlife Service), 2005
Plum blossoms: Wang Mian (Yuan Dynasty, 14th c.)
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8 comments:

  1. Phanero Noemikon12 August 2009 at 21:29

    Satie!

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  2. Anonymous14 August 2009 at 15:55

    Beautiful...

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  3. TC15 August 2009 at 17:05

    Well, it's not Shearing but...it's 5 P.M.:

    Satie for Lanny and Lucy

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  4. Zephirine16 August 2009 at 15:27

    I think that Satie goes very well with your later Elephant post, too...

    Lovely poem, and the mockingbird photo is amazingly good.

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  5. TC17 August 2009 at 02:41

    Zeph,

    The bird is pretty common here, and a lovely, confident, varied, constant singer.

    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottus) in Northern California

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  6. human being20 August 2009 at 14:24

    lovely...
    such moments are eternity...

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  7. TC21 August 2009 at 12:14

    Yes, they are best definition, don't you think?

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  8. Sue Ann Simar10 September 2009 at 10:58

    I think you should send your poem 5 p.m. to the poetry mag 5 a.m. to publish! Send everything else to me--Sue Ann Simar, Editor, 10x3 plus

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