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Is today national poetry day?

I have been on the rode for a few days and I have truly missed every one of You Wonderful poets.

This morning I woke before daylight and watched a magnificent sunrise from my back porch. I felt so blessed I wrote this aubade in appreciation, for I have so much to be thankful for.

Hope remains

Mocking bird sings multiple allusions,

Efforts to ward off any intrusions.

Too many residents she would deter,

After all, this back yard belongs to her.

While the mocking bird keeps up her warning,

Daybreak reveals texture to gray morning.

Reds and yellows of autumn are arrayed,

And a new day of life is now displayed.

All bright stars did not go where heaven reigns,

Those of Freedom shine both at day and night.

Bright stars on blue, blood red on cotton white,

A golden new day to know, Hope remains.

Our Hope, always there for the world to see,

When that light of Glory shines, on the Free.

Update:

Mocking birds are very territorial and one of the way in which they guard their territory is by mimicking the sounds of other birds. They will sing for hours, in an attempt to make other birds think the neighborhood is too crowded and move on to another location.

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  • 8 years ago
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    National Poetry Day - 3 October 2013

    National Poetry Day is a campaign for poets, poetry fans and poetry organisations

    to enjoy and participate in, held every year on the first Thursday in October...

    http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/n/na...

    You have written a wonderful poem to compliment National Poetry Day...

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    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Well, God Bless You

    but I want one, too!

    International Poetry Day..k?

    A poem of hope yet the detail of blood on white *frowns darkly* .

    Still, what was, was and what is, is or I am not Lapiz.

    May this Year be clear of innocent bloodshed - Here There and Every `where?`

    [sorry, I`m nascenting towards a roll...Expect no logic until the muse shakes me more]

    8

  • 8 years ago

    I missed you too - thought maybe the new format had you flummoxed. I had to google aubade - though I'd heard the word before, I didn't know what it meant.

    I like your first two stanzas best, preferring nature to...well, not politics exactly, but human non-natural interests; and your additional note about mockingbirds was very interesting - I did not know that.

  • 8 years ago

    thank you we have missed you too , we are a family of Poetry lol

    Your Poem , a new day full of hope 'a beautiful sky in fifty shades of ( Gray ) ?

    Some Mocking birds sing .. I'm trying to think who are the Mocking Birds ?

    Or am I just thinking to deep-lee into your poem .. :)

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  • 8 years ago

    Love hearing new poetry because it gets me sooooo inspired ;D

  • 8 years ago

    This reads like it could be the anthem for the agricultural revolution! Very nice!

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