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January day
not a leaf left
on this skeleton
tree teeming
with sparrows
chirping and hopping
branch to branch
waiting for the deck
feeder to be free of
cardinals and jays
bickering for seed
while on the floor
four doves
stroll in silence
feasting on spilled
seed near the railing
where a fat squirrel
sits with its tail high
in a question mark
ready to dive
and scatter them all
© by Donal Mahoney.
Used with the author's permission.
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Donal Mahoney (1938 - 2017), the son of Irish immigrants, grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He later lived in St. Louis, Missouri. Donal spent the early ‘70s actively submitting poems to print journals and enjoyed some success. He then took a 35-year hiatus from poetry to work as an editor of prose at such lofty establishments as the Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press, and Washington University in St. Louis. Upon retirement, Donal took to his recliner, and was perfectly happy reading and listening to Gregorian chant all day. After three years, however, his wife bought Donal a computer and showed him where the boxes of still-unpublished poems had been stored in the basement for many years. Thus Donal began actively submitting again in June 2008. See more of his work at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/.
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ElizabethP:
Love this!!!
Posted 01/16/2016 11:18 AM
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Dorcas:
quite a vision
Posted 01/15/2016 10:11 PM
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Michael:
Michael Escoubas
Observed this many times when I fed black-oil sunflower seeds to birds that came into my backyard.
Thank you Donal!
Posted 01/15/2016 11:04 AM
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jeeger:
As soon as you mentioned it, I could see the question mark in my mind! Nice!
Posted 01/15/2016 09:18 AM
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r1manchester:
apt description...nice poem!
Posted 01/15/2016 03:02 AM
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