8.31.2014

Songbird

Chickadee!
My birdfeeder’s empty
but for your song. Mouths to feed,
   spirits
to nurture, each encouraged to sing
   her own song--
Love’s cost no discouragement, only
keep returning, singing
your glad song.

photo by Kelly Letky

The Imaginary Garden is featuring the art of Kelly Letky. Please visit Kelly’s website, The Blue Muse, and her Etsy store: Blue Muse Fine Art.
Posted by Marian at 12:33 PM
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21 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 31, 2014 at 12:59 PM

    Such a pretty picture! Your words fill me with a sense of joy and renewal, reminding me why I love the birds in my garden.

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  2. mrs mediocrityAugust 31, 2014 at 2:29 PM

    Aw, this is one of my favorite pictures, one of my favorite birds, they really do have such a glad song, don't they? I love what you did with this!

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    1. MarianSeptember 2, 2014 at 7:14 AM

      your photos are fantastic, Kelly. thanks so much for sharing them with us.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 31, 2014 at 3:17 PM

    "spirits to nurture" ... This is really one of the most important jobs around.

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  4. Björn RudbergAugust 31, 2014 at 3:53 PM

    Chickadees ..such a wonderful name of a bird.. To have them as company in your garden.. But we have other birds to keep us company..

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  5. SusanAugust 31, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    Ah, fill 'er up, don't ever run low.

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  6. GraceAugust 31, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    I admire the love song and the form ~ Lovely one Marian ~

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  7. HelenAugust 31, 2014 at 9:24 PM

    Love this .. every time I visit your blog I imagine you 'pecking' away at that little typewriter!!

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  8. Sumana RoyAugust 31, 2014 at 11:18 PM

    "each encouraged to sing / her own song--"...i love these lines...

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2014 at 1:37 AM

    beautiful ~

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  10. hedgewitchSeptember 1, 2014 at 9:50 AM

    Kelly's photography has a way with birds(and flowers) that you amplify here--even when the feeder is empty, there is joy, a reason to sing, if you are small and have wings. Right now it's hot and dry here, and the feeders have been replaced with sprinklers as places of delight and congregation--I could watch for hours. Loved this, Marian.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2014 at 5:46 PM

    I love this picture- almost used it. You did it proud with your words.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2014 at 7:42 PM

    "each encouraged to sing her own song"---what a great reminder for us all.

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  13. Susie ClevengerSeptember 1, 2014 at 11:46 PM

    "love's cost no discouragement" I love seeing the chickadees return to our feeder. Such a beautiful little bird. May we each sing our own song.

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  14. MarianSeptember 2, 2014 at 7:15 AM

    hey thanks, friends. we have plenty of chickadees and songbirds on our feeders... just now plotting for how to keep some of them around this winter. :)

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  15. JazzbumpaSeptember 2, 2014 at 11:53 AM

    yours is the lightest, most positive response
    i've seen to any of these pictures

    nice
    JzB

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  16. MargaretSeptember 2, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    I adore my birdbath - we live next to the edge of a wooded area and get lots of cardinals and bluebirds. This is a sweet, uplifting poem - I love birds (but not at 5:30 am)

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  17. HannahSeptember 2, 2014 at 9:02 PM

    Their glad songs are one of my favorite to hear...especially the end of winter.

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  18. MarianSeptember 4, 2014 at 9:24 AM

    :)

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    Ah, lovely. K .

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  20. MarianSeptember 8, 2014 at 6:29 AM

    thanks :)

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