A Room with a View by Christine Bolton • August 4, 2020 A Room with a View A circle of cackling crows picnic on abandoned fruit under the mango tree Five female ducks On the bank Sitting pretty in a row Wood Storks gather in the shallows surveying the territory As pink spoonbills splash land in the water Needle-beaked Ibis waiting anxiously for lawnmowers to quiet their noise so they may feast, hungry for grubs Late afternoon sun captures Sandhill Cranes In its glowing golden rays Light reflecting like dancing diamonds on the surface of the lake Full moon rising Chasing day into night Sky changing colors Blues to pinks to greys As it bids farewell and darkness comes Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Grace at D'Verse Poets Pub has a special host tonight, Peter Frankis, an Australian Writer who has prompted us tonight to write a poem looking out of a window. Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay Share this:TweetEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Wow! How lucky to see all that from your window! Lovely!!😍
Thanks Punam. Yes I am very lucky in that respect. Any water in Florida has a wealth of bird life. It’s beautiful 😍
You are so welcome and it must be such a wonderful place to live!😊❤️
The view out of your window is remarkable.
Thanks Sadje. It changes everyday depending on who visits ☺️
You’re welcome!
I was growing to like the birds, and then the beauty of these lines floored me.
Full moon rising
Chasing day into night
Sky changing colors
Thank you Reena. You’re so sweet ☺️
A lovely lyrical tour through the shifting crews of local Floridian birds. I like that you started with crows and ended with the sunset and the night coming on. It has a feeling of Eden about it (except for the lawnmowers).
Thanks Peter, the lawnmowers are the reality. I hear them now! ☺️ Unfortunately there are no goats or sheep here to keep the grass down!
not quite paradise then. 🙂
It doesn’t bother me. These days I would rather someone else mow the grass! ☺️
A wonderful view, Christine, so many species of birds and a mango tree – my favourite fruit!
Thanks Kim. ☺️
Love the view specially with this line:
Light reflecting
like dancing diamonds
on the surface of the lake
Thanks Grace. ☺️
Beautiful imagery. Oh, I would love to see this display of nature. Thanks, Christine, for taking me there.
Thanks Regina. It is a pretty sight, even the lawnmowers!
What a marvelous sampling of nature! Thank you so much for making it come alive for us!
Thank you Beverly 🙂❤️
You are so lucky to have such a rich view full of birds! I never tire of watching them, but I have to go to the park to see them most of the time. (K)
Yes I am very fortunate to see so many beautiful birds here. I’ve always been fascinated by them. Large and small. They are wonderful 🙂❤️
Nicely done! You have quite an array of wildlife out your window!!
Thanks Dwight! Yes I’m so lucky ☺️
Wonderful!
It doesn’t bother me. These days I would rather someone else mow the grass! ☺️
Blues to pinks to greys
As it bids farewell
and darkness comes Lovely lines ) ~ Jay
Thank you Jay ☺️
A beautiful pastoral scene, nicely framed in your poetic words. 🙂
Thanks Bill 🙂
’tis true.
There is much going on here. I’d like to have that room with a view.
Yes our visitors delight every day ☺️