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Today's Bird- the Flamingo
~~🐦🦉🦩 "Soon the flamingos will paint our Indian skies with flying colors as bright as a million saris!” he announced. He rolled his head from side to side and honked in a voice like a trumpet; he was so delighted and proud of Gray.”― Suzy Davies, The Flamingos Who Painted The Sky
By Lightning Bolt ⚡6 months ago in Poets
Twixt & Tween Seems Mean
The Challenge: All Night Long - This challenge asks you to create a story or poem that spans a whole night. What happens? How do you make it through to dawn? But here’s the twist: you must not use the words “light”, “day”, “night” nor “dark”.
By Lightning Bolt ⚡6 months ago in Poets
Today's Bird- the Pileated Woodpecker
~~🐦🐦⬛🪶 “Many critics are like woodpeckers, who, instead of enjoying the fruit and shadow of a tree, hop incessantly around the trunk, pecking holes in the bark to discover some little worm or other." ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By Lightning Bolt ⚡6 months ago in Poets
Today's Bird- the Victoria Crowned Pigeon
~~🐦🐦⬛🦉 “Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.”― Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
By Lightning Bolt ⚡7 months ago in Poets
