An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
That Red-breasted Nuthatch looks grumpy at being photographed VJ 😀
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Likely is. Poor guy just wanted to have his meal in peace.
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Very handsome birds!
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They sure are! Thanks.
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You’re welcome!
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Such beautiful birds! Red-breasted Nuthatch would be a life bird for me. We have the brown-headed and white-breasted there. 🙂
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What do you know. We have a bird you haven’t seen, lol.
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It happens once in a while. LOL! There are a lot of birds out there I haven’t seen. I only have 351 species on my life list. I still have a lot of birds out there calling my name. hehehe! 🙂
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They have very pretty colors that your photos do justice to! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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