Poem: "City of Angels"
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ysabetwordsmithThis poem is from the December 3, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from chanter_greenie and primeideal. It also fills the "flirting" square of my 10-6-13 card for the ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
origfic_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Fledgling Grace.
"City of Angels"
Los Angeles became a draw
early in the Fledging
for people who sprouted
the wings and tails of angels.
It helped them find others
like themselves, so that
nobody had to be alone.
At first they thought
all the doves were white,
but then others arrived --
South Americans with
the plumage of eared doves,
their tan wings spotted black
and long tails tipped with cinnamon
Europeans marked like
the Eurasian collared dove,
pinkish gray wings with
blue-gray underwing patches,
gray-buff tails with white ends
Africans akin to laughing doves,
pinkish-buff feathers patched
with blue-gray bands on their wings
and the bases of their tails --
all flocking together now,
soft colors like wildflowers
down the same hillside.
The young singles flirted,
cooing over each other's plumage,
wrapping their wings around each other,
and kissing under the trees in the parks.
They discovered, too,
that it wasn't just a matter of faith --
many of the dove-feathered ones
made excellent parents,
the men as devoted as the women.
It made them very popular
among those of different feathers,
but the dove folk seemed to prefer
partners of similar interests
if not always the same shade.
In the parks, the mourning doves
went on feeding their chicks,
two by two, just as they always had.
* * *
Notes:
Los Angeles is named after angels.
Columbidae includes the Eared Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Laughing Dove, and Mourning Dove.
chanter_greenie and primeideal. It also fills the "flirting" square of my 10-6-13 card for the origfic_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Fledgling Grace."City of Angels"
Los Angeles became a draw
early in the Fledging
for people who sprouted
the wings and tails of angels.
It helped them find others
like themselves, so that
nobody had to be alone.
At first they thought
all the doves were white,
but then others arrived --
South Americans with
the plumage of eared doves,
their tan wings spotted black
and long tails tipped with cinnamon
Europeans marked like
the Eurasian collared dove,
pinkish gray wings with
blue-gray underwing patches,
gray-buff tails with white ends
Africans akin to laughing doves,
pinkish-buff feathers patched
with blue-gray bands on their wings
and the bases of their tails --
all flocking together now,
soft colors like wildflowers
down the same hillside.
The young singles flirted,
cooing over each other's plumage,
wrapping their wings around each other,
and kissing under the trees in the parks.
They discovered, too,
that it wasn't just a matter of faith --
many of the dove-feathered ones
made excellent parents,
the men as devoted as the women.
It made them very popular
among those of different feathers,
but the dove folk seemed to prefer
partners of similar interests
if not always the same shade.
In the parks, the mourning doves
went on feeding their chicks,
two by two, just as they always had.
* * *
Notes:
Los Angeles is named after angels.
Columbidae includes the Eared Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Laughing Dove, and Mourning Dove.
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