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Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2020, at 9:49 PM, Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice. > Thank you for sharing. > Pete Sar > >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 10:23 PM Karin Suskin <karinlee...@gmail.com> wrote: >> THE VISITORS >> >> For six months, I have been waiting >> The barren bones of trees >> Showing soft hues of buds >> The strength of daffodils to push >> Upward through hardened earth >> The anticipated sweetening of the air >> As blooms with audacious colors >> Open and release perfumed scents >> And yet, I am walking alone >> Amidst a new absence of sounds >> Hoping that as someone passes >> They will not release viral >> Droplets from their mouths >> To be downwind of another >> Is to find me holding my breath >> My head averted in opposite direction >> We are alone in a collective waiting >> Not for the gift we had hoped for >> But for visitor Covid 19 >> To come and to go. >> >> The migrants are coming >> It starts in small numbers >> They are crossing borders >> They will not heed the warnings >> They gather on wires and branches >> Their numbers are swelling >> They know that to be downwind >> Is to have others ease their journey >> They sing with abandon >> To large and diverse audiences >> They seek each other for close encounters >> They flash obscenely rich colors >> Saying, “Come to me, come to me” >> Oh, my beautiful feathered friends >> We welcome your arrival >> We need you now. >> >> -KSuskin >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
