Duck — A Poem May 28, 2024 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Arch” — C.Birde, 5/24 Duck the arch, the vined curtain blooming red seen only from the farther side… Enter softly, keep the secret of your approach in your pocket lest the idyll vanish wholly with an eager, errant footfall. — C.Birde, 5/24
Lilac Dream — A Poem May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Lilacs” — C.Birde, 5/24 Lilac dream – each branch’s whole, flowers within flowers unfolding as dream within dream recalled forgotten yet entirely dreamed, perfumed, & growing. — C.Birde, 5/24
Reflection — A Poem May 16, 2023 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Cherry Bloom” — C.Birde, 5/23 Blush of pink, palely reflected in down-turned petals, conceals this persistent awkwardness of being. — C.Birde, 5/23
Chains — A Poem March 30, 2023 / Carrie Birde / 3 Comments “Andromeda” — C.Birde, 3/23 Chains… of Andromeda, broken into bloom. — C.Birde, 3/23
Revelation — A Poem March 28, 2023 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Daffodil” — C.Birde, 3/23 After winter’s long monochrome, this cup of winged spring light — a revelation. — C.Birde, 3/23
Focus — A Poem March 23, 2023 / Carrie Birde / 3 Comments “Crocus” — C.Birde, 3/23 Crocus… Pulls focus toward the slow- opening gift that is Spring. — C.Birde, 3/23
Woodland — An Image May 13, 2022 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Creeping Phlox” — C.Birde, 5/22 “Remember when we walked arm-in-arm through the blue-green wood? You said you would return…” Leaves rustling, flowers blooming, she paused. “I’m waiting…” — C.Birde, 5/22
Cherry Tree — An Image April 29, 2022 / Carrie Birde / 1 Comment “Cherry Tree in Bloom” — C.Birde, 4/22 “I arrive in a flurry of petals,” her voice sailed, sweetly scented, “White, pink, yellow… given to you on April’s tossing breeze.” — C.Birde, 4/22
Will — An Image June 4, 2021 / Carrie Birde / Leave a comment “Sweet William Pinks” — C.Birde, 6/21 “I will rain, & I will reign.” Her voice called storms & stroked stone. “As I will.” — C.Birde, 6/21
Wrenish — A Poem June 2, 2021 / Carrie Birde / 2 Comments “Wren’s House” — C.Birde, 6/21 — C.Birde, 6/21