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SKY DANCES
—A Suite of Single-Line Poetry and Visuals
by Roberta Beach Jacobson, Indianola, Iowa
hugged by an owl snow moon
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moonsong yields to the birds
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taming the trees nests
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daybreak barn owls at parade rest
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fear of the forest will the birds stay
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moonsong yields to the birds
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taming the trees nests
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daybreak barn owls at parade rest
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fear of the forest will the birds stay
Birds in Hiding
spring measured in birdsong
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free as a bird sparrow
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parroting my every word parrot
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nest-by-nest spring
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sky dance of a pygmy owl
Tiny House
woodpecker he mocks himself
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love . . . until crows return
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owning the garden robinsong
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at her funeral mourning dove
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sharing the autumn sky owls
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daybreak losing count of bird chirps
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Today’s LittleNip:
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird; it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
—C.S. Lewis
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Our thanks, and welcome back to the Kitchen, to Roberta Jacobson, who first visited us in June of last year. She has brought us something new today—single line poems, a form which challenges the poet to give a very sharp image in a very, very short amount of space. Bravo, Roberta, and don’t stay away so long next time!
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—Medusa
Roberta Beach Jacobson
A reminder that
Jennifer Pickering and Friends
will be reading this afternoon
at The Poets Club of Lincoln.
For info about this and other
upcoming poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
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(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
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—or get changed!—
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Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
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send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
Jennifer Pickering and Friends
will be reading this afternoon
at The Poets Club of Lincoln.
For info about this and other
upcoming poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Find previous four-or-so posts by scrolling down
under today; or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column; or find previous poets
by typing the name of the poet or poem
into the little beige box at the top
left-hand side of today’s post; or go to
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom of
the blue column at the right
to find the date you want.
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
