Sunday, April 16, 2017

MY LOVE FOR ANIMALS

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I'd love to go to the Galápagos Islands
Where Blue Footed Boobies reside
I want to see nature's good humor
In her funny bird design
I'd love to visit all countries
To see the native species
That inhabit their sacred grounds

Instead, I stay
Where I am
Where coyotes, quail,
Other common desert animals
Will never attract tourists
Yet when I see them 
I feel I've witnessed exotic
Miraculous creatures
Being
What they are
Without thought of goodness or malice
Simply nature's chalice
From which I drink


(For Poets United.)

18 comments:

  1. You live in a lovely place with all the exotic desert animals.You are blessed. Happy Easter Myrna.

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  2. This is beautiful, Myrna, and I share your sense of wonder at the miracles around us.

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  3. You poem reminds me of the book "The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating" by Elizabeth Tova Bailey.

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  4. I loved 'Ths Sound of a Wild Snail Eating', and revel in nature. And your poem.

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  5. Love your love of nature's gifts. I have always lived in the city, and yet, encountered coyotes, fox, even deer. Once, a hawk swooping down at the end of my driveway, and a pair of great horned owls protecting their nest in my Mother's backyard. I believe they are drawn to those of us who marvel at such encounters, and would never harm them.

    Elizabeth

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  6. No matter where we live, nature's chalice is there - if we seek it out - to offer succor. A wonderful celebration of life for this Easter Sunday.

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  7. You have indeed seen a lot of interesting animals, Myrna. Coyotes and quail are beautiful too! I really enjoy observing nature as well....we have a big hawk that dives and swoops around here. Beautiful to behold.

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  8. Luv your appreciation for nature's gifts in the animal sphere.
    Thank you for dropping by my Sunday Standard today

    Much love...

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  9. Oh this is soo beautiful, Myrna! You make me want to experience and share the wonder of nature's miracles that surround us.

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  10. Galapagos Island is still on my bucket list, Myrna. How I wish I can go there in the near future.

    I love the humor of the poem, and I think wherever we are, we have these animals, flowers that others want / long to see.

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  11. Beautiful bird indeed... and yes to see creatures in their natural habitat is a blessing.

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  12. "I want to see nature's good humor
    In her funny bird design"....aw...how i love these lines...life is indeed miraculous...

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  13. We always want more don't we? It is always a delight to see wild animals in their own environment and but we should not be sad that our own are not worth seeing too.

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  14. All living things are wonderful, really.

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  15. A marvelous chalice! And if tourists don't come, I'd say you and they are lucky.

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  16. With our eyes wide open, we can always see something "exotic" right where we are.

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  17. I like how this speaks of the contentment of a satisfied heart. It will always find beauty everywhere.

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