The agony and victory of creating our balance in Life.
Blue Heron Balancing the Wind
Opening wide, wide generous expanding unfolding, unhurried wings
Lifting, boosting bulky body high high highest, gradual soaring jump
Flapping misty soft blue feathers, gray slide and dive swoop
Touched lovingly humid beginning July morn, fanning out, pounce
Pearled smoking round lake awakened lazy beneath Louisiana sky
Dawdling wings, tall crane-necked, rapid stutter, deep low cawing crow
Whispering wings sweep floating detritus dust a twirl
Beckoned wealthy promising huge oak tree, melodiously sighed
Alighted unbounded treetop, graceful majestic massive Blue Heron
Decided not immense strong crook, ignoring rotund serious branch
Cupped successfully not his heavy burdensome weight well allied
Perched, wings tucked bye, steps delicately amid branching fingers
Swaying, violent frail tree tips ache, aye yearn, goodbye
Plying patience he pried, forced, the heavy tedious air freed
Captive branches pensive, pondering insistent, resolute attended perch
Bouncing up, down, Blue Heron lingering, remained, he considered
Veiled summer hazed sun examining the growing quest, peered down
Enchanted Blue Heron hopped, pedaled the air, he, the day, danced on
Bobbing, weaving, lurching balance arranged delicate small leafed limbs
Roost accepted, settling in, putting down roots elevated airborne, new home
Balanced, happy, content: the bird, the tree, the soft breezing wind
Balanced the bird
Happy the tree
Content the soft breezing wind
Harmony as One, One in All
Beauty bird pleased, gratified, elongated beaked gaze nourished and sweet
Beauty sentinel gazing, dreamy, witnessing hot summer, the slow rising day
Beauty blue feathered heron citizen in the blue wakening summer sky
Beauty in his expanding world, scout discerning surplus sight
One Blue Heron, calmed, serene, no longer wobbling, satiated, at Peace
Glimpsing his towering tranquil perch, he radiates exuding the smooth day
Oh, so relaxed, eased sleepy, whispers loudly the yielding wind, He balances Life!
Denny Lyon
Copyright 15 July 2008
All Rights Reserved
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Blue Heron Balancing the Wind
Opening wide, wide generous expanding unfolding, unhurried wings
Lifting, boosting bulky body high high highest, gradual soaring jump
Flapping misty soft blue feathers, gray slide and dive swoop
Touched lovingly humid beginning July morn, fanning out, pounce
Pearled smoking round lake awakened lazy beneath Louisiana sky
Dawdling wings, tall crane-necked, rapid stutter, deep low cawing crow
Whispering wings sweep floating detritus dust a twirl
Beckoned wealthy promising huge oak tree, melodiously sighed
Alighted unbounded treetop, graceful majestic massive Blue Heron
Decided not immense strong crook, ignoring rotund serious branch
Cupped successfully not his heavy burdensome weight well allied
Perched, wings tucked bye, steps delicately amid branching fingers
Swaying, violent frail tree tips ache, aye yearn, goodbye
Plying patience he pried, forced, the heavy tedious air freed
Captive branches pensive, pondering insistent, resolute attended perch
Bouncing up, down, Blue Heron lingering, remained, he considered
Veiled summer hazed sun examining the growing quest, peered down
Enchanted Blue Heron hopped, pedaled the air, he, the day, danced on
Bobbing, weaving, lurching balance arranged delicate small leafed limbs
Roost accepted, settling in, putting down roots elevated airborne, new home
Balanced, happy, content: the bird, the tree, the soft breezing wind
Balanced the bird
Happy the tree
Content the soft breezing wind
Harmony as One, One in All
Beauty bird pleased, gratified, elongated beaked gaze nourished and sweet
Beauty sentinel gazing, dreamy, witnessing hot summer, the slow rising day
Beauty blue feathered heron citizen in the blue wakening summer sky
Beauty in his expanding world, scout discerning surplus sight
One Blue Heron, calmed, serene, no longer wobbling, satiated, at Peace
Glimpsing his towering tranquil perch, he radiates exuding the smooth day
Oh, so relaxed, eased sleepy, whispers loudly the yielding wind, He balances Life!
Denny Lyon
Copyright 15 July 2008
All Rights Reserved
* * * Check out the Complete Poem List for more selections.
*** Photo Credits: Just click on the Flickr images. They are linked to the photographers' pages.
*** THANKS for visiting, feel welcome to drop a comment or opinion, enjoy bookmarking this post on your favorite social site, a big shout out to awesome current subscribers – and if you are new to this blog, please subscribe in a reader or by email updates!
*** Come by for a visit and check out my other blogs:
The Social Poets - news, political humor
The Soul Calendar - science, astronomy, psychology
Visual Insights - photos, art, music
Beautiful Illustrated Quotations - spiritual quotes, philosophy
Poems From A Spiritual Heart - poetry
The Healing Waters - health news
Dennys People Watching - people in the news
Dennys Food and Recipes
Romancing The Chocolate - chocolate recipes and more food
Comfort Food From Louisiana - Cajun, Creole and all kinds of comfort food
Unusual 2 Tasty - different twists on favorite foods, international food too
Dennys Funny Quotes - humor
Ouch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd - more crazy humor
Dennys Blog Feeds - what is posting on the blogs all at a glance
