For the Birds: A Tuesday poem

Plus Struggling toward an Artist's Statement (Part three), and the Resiliency Circle Zoom link for February

Thanks for reading For the Birds! These letters are born of my own artistic vision, but they carry the hope of encouraging you in yours. Paid readers gain access to The Resiliency Circle & receive nourishment all month long: prompts, stories, and tools inspired by my work as a creativity mentor and writing coach.

To my paid readers: “Struggling toward an Artist’s Statement” belongs to a larger series. Read part one here, and part two here. Zoom info for February’s gathering of The Resiliency Circle can be found at the end of today’s letter!

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Poem written after Mary Oliver

“I love this world, / but not for its answers.”

from “Snowy Night”

I happen to be standing 
at the window. I happen
to be holding a book. I happen
to see two bald eagles, their 
mottled gray feathering uniconic, 
a sign of youth. I happen
to read panther where the author
had written partner. I happen
to not be as young as
I once was. I happen
to glimpse a snowflake
from the corner of my eye,
mistaking it for a bird
or a headlight. I happen
to think mistakes, their
possibility, are everywhere. I happen
to feel the smooth surface of
an empty desk, though
not this one. I happen
to feel like snow, the way 
falling becomes 
accumulation.
 

with gratitude to Drew Myron & the Wednesday writing crew

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