Post #243

April 11, 2019

April is National Poetry Month

Day 11:

“Flamboyant”

Flamboyant

noisy red-winged blackbird

avian show-off – pay attention!

can’t miss his flamboyant solos

performing on stage

atop swaying coattails in swamp

lined-up on grey telephone wires

along dusty rural roadsides

abundant red-winged songbird

bold yellow and red feathers

boastful emblems on his shoulders

coat-of-arms brooches on wings

glistening black spinel majestic bird

his mate is more conservative

a shy woman in streaked brown feathers

does not dress to impress

doesn’t care for grand-standing or glitz

he seeks to entertain the crowd

she calmly searches hidden brush

selects twigs for warp and weft

unobtrusively weaves her fancy nest.

confident artist welcomes domestic solitude

conjures daydreams of spring.

their eggs will hatch in three weeks.

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Copyright, 2018. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.

Previous Publication:

Flamboyant (AKA noisy red-winged black bird)  is a tanka,

          Naturewriting, February 16 2018

          Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.  DLD Books, 2019

Coming in 2019:

***My New Book:  Star Signs: New & Selected Poems, DLD Books, 2019.

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Get the SCOOP on Lynda. Read it Here!

National Poetry Month – see Lynda’s  2019 selections  Click Here!

See you at the top!