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Thanks Patti. A marvelous red bird is visiting the yard most days. It certainly cheered up this very gray Solstice. Happy birding, Pat On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Patti Haynes <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Happy Solstice birders! > > The following is a poem written by Mary Oliver that I felt fit the > occasion: > > > RED BIRD > > Red bird came all winter > firing up the landscape > as nothing else could. > > Of course I love the sparrows, > those dun colored darlings, > so hungry and so many. > > I am a God-fearing feeder of birds. > I know He has many children, > not all of them bold in spirit. > > Still,for whatever reason---- > perhaps because the winter is so long > and the sky is so black-blue, > > or perhaps because the heart narrows > as often as it opens--- > I am grateful > > that red bird comes all winter > firing up the landscape > as nothing else can do. >