Always Learn From Nature

Birds Helping Birds

November came and with it, six

Birds of Paradise who peeked

out from solstice lull, beaks

pointed towards sunless sky

and winked at me as humming-

birds dipped and dived

inside for an autumn drink, made

me thankful nature's beings care

for each other when man

isn’t looking.

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I've been so focused on my NaNoWriMo work-in-progress that I've been limping along with the PAD Chapbook Challenge at Poetic Asides. I managed to squeak the above poem out for the Day 20 prompt though: 

"For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Always (blank),” replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “Always on My Mind,” “Always Wrong,” “Always Writing Poems That Don’t Sound as Good the Next Day,” etc."

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