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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.

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Hahaha I get a good one every now and again!

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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.

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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.

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Sally Newland's avatar

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

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Each poem full of concentrated, vivid imagery.

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Bob Doran's avatar

Just curious, are you a church going man?

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Occasionally.

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Hey, thanks!

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Fixed!

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Thanks!

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