I Am Thankful 2025

I Am Thankful

No matter

the chaos

of losing one’s

life savings

as the country

I love

is dissolved—

I am thankful 

for the warmth

of the evening sun

shining on my smiles,

the rush of

a gentle breeze

from the marsh

as it slips

through my hair,

the evensong

of red-winged blackbirds

clinging to last year’s

cattails along Banks Lake

as we,

my best friends,

the dog and he,

laugh and walk

at day’s end.

Sheri Edwards

Poetry/Photography

04.07.2025

NaPoWriMo

Listen to the blackbirds on our daily walk.

https://youtu.be/1vbWZjqdq3E

Lou Sheppard Music  Website  Soundcloud  

“An extended composition based on the translation of spectrograms of observed birds on Lake Ontario, following their singing patterns at dawn and dusk. 

#daysend #evening #evensong 

#poetry #smallpoems #napowrimo #napowrimo25

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