(Red Cardinal in Central Park – Photo: Na’ama Yehuda)
There was naught
That she needed
But a path
And some green
And a burbling stream
And wide sky
Overhead.
So she felt deeply nourished
By the flowers,
And the gift of bird
Who landed by her feet
To share
Her burden
And bread.
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So lovely and peaceful, Na’ama. xoxo
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Thank you!! 🙂
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🙂
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I like “the gift of bird.” 🙂
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Thank you! It is, isn’t it, when they come hang out with you. 🙂 (and I didn’t even REALLY have bread for the cardinal when it stopped by at the North Woods in Central Park). 🙂
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What a magical interlude. Thanks for taking us along.
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Thank you, Beverly! I love the park (Central Park in NYC) and it is my happy place on my (almost) daily walks. So I relate to the poem, quite literally. 😀
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I even recently went to Central Park, for my niece’s graduation. Maybe I saw you there and didn’t know it
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Maybe! Who knows! I got to the park very often. 🙂
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She seems to have such an exceptionally happy life
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I would like to think so! Isn’t it lovely how sometimes small things are enough? 🙂
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This is such a magical interlude.
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Thank you, Linda! I’m so glad you found it so!
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I like her humility and her communing with nature.
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Thank you! I think that often times these small but profound moments of contentment are overlooked … and yet, they have such potential to nourish! 🙂
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You are very welcome and very right.
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🙂
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Simply beautiful! 🌷
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Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
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This spills so spectacularly, Na’ama. Just beautiful.
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Thank you, De! 🙂 It is ‘based on a true story’ … 😉
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there are times all i need is a wide sky above me. nicely penned.
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Thank you! 🙂 Don’t we all! 🙂
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A wonderful poem, Na’ama. Cardinals often mate for life. I’m sure she was nearby when you photographed him. 🙂
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Yep. I believe she was. I think I’d seen them hanging out together in the same area of the North Woods.
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I see many here. As soon as I see one, I begin to look for the other.
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Yep. The males in their garnet robes are easy to spot … 😉
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That burden seems rather enjoyable to me, Na’ama ❤
-David
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Sometimes it is not an either/or but an and/and …
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Word.
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I gots plenty of those … 😉 (be normally quite verbose…)
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This speaks to me of the simple joy I feel when connecting to nature. I especially like the ending,
To share
Her burden
And bread.
A great way to start my day. Thank you.
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Yay Ali! I’m so glad this resonated. And … yes to the joy of connection to nature!
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I emailed your poem to my mother. I know she will love it. Thank you.
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Yay! Best compliment to get! 🙂
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This is lovely … the Cardinal, a perfect touch.
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Thank you! I’ve had more than one ‘encounter’ with that particular bird (at least, I think it is the same one, or they are just generally talkative with me … 😉 We have some whistling conversations …)
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What more could anyone wish for than a simple gift of nature?
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Exactly, Ingrid! You got it! 🙂
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Beatifull ❤❤❤
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Thank you! 🙂
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