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Sherman Alexie's avatar

"...one mind/radiating throughtout/a thousand wings..." Eff you, Joseph Massey for your vision! Damn it! Hahahahahahah! So good.

Joseph Massey's avatar

Hahaha I get a good one every now and again!

Jenn's avatar

Gorgeous, especially the starlings poem. They are a sight to behold. When I lived in Virginia, they would descend on my lawn in a huge group, and fly off the same way. Your description is so perfect.

Mary McGechaen's avatar

"...one mind/radiating throughtout/a thousand wings..."

This captures what I like to think about our cats and dogs because their lives are too short. I imagine that when one animal dies it is like one petal falling off a flower, but the flower lives on and renews itself every year. You put it more beautifully.

Sally Newland's avatar

Love these evocative poems and the photo, as usual, is gorgeous. Thank you, Joseph.

Stanley Wotring's avatar

Each poem full of concentrated, vivid imagery.

Joseph Massey's avatar

Thanks for reading!

Bob Doran's avatar

Just curious, are you a church going man?

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