Poem: "The Year of Release"

This poem is spillover from the September 7, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from technoshaman and librarygeek. It also fills the "family traditions" square in my 9-1-21 card for the Platonic Love Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by librarygeek.

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Birdfeeding

Today is sunny and mild with a breeze.

I fed the birds. I've seen house finches and a squirrel.

EDIT 9/12/21 -- I trimmed brush around the purple-and-white garden.

I saw another tree frog on the door. I think this was a green one. I've seen 4 green ones and 2 gray ones here, 4 of those this year! It's a great year for tree frogs, and good for amphibians in general. :D

EDIT 9/12/21 -- I saw a tree frog on the door, this one definitely gray, and it's probably the same one. So I'm calling the count 3 green and 3 gray.

Skookumverse

technoshaman wrote:

We'll do something similar... maybe open one of the big... I need a word. Friendly monster. Size of G-dzilla, but like the Abominable Snowman, very helpful once needs are met...

Skookumverse. I've been needing something bigger than "epic" for a while, but it only popped into my head when you asked for it. :D

https://cascadiabioregion.org/department-of-bioregion/your-chinook-wawa-word-of-the-day-skookum

61-500 lines = epic
501+ lines = skookumverse

Played With Hard

I got to thinking about heroic figures and how much they get banged up. A common explanation for this is that the Gods / Fates are cruel. While this is possible, and fits with some of the bleaker storylines, it doesn't really sit well with the majority.

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