The Pigeon Man

By Richard L. Provencher

Thu, 28 Feb 2013
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is bold enough to feed
a flock of pigeons

anxious to survive
the winter

without having to scrounge
or dig through layers.

He can easily be called
an unknown man

easily disappearing
into night-time silhouettes.

Neighbours don’t enjoy
any messages in early
morning white

as loose feathers hurry
over shiny car roofs.

© Richard L. Provencher

Certificate U
Poem
Poetry - For All Reasons
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Great piece of writing Richard and I loved those last two lines:- as loose feathers hurry over shiny car roofs. They say if a feather falls from the sky, it's an angel letting you know they're there. Love to read your words, keep up the poetry and prose always. Jenny.

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Thank you, Jenny. I once found what I thought was an eagle's feather, since I found it under a monstrous eagle's nest. Did you know they run around six square feet? Then someone said it was a Crow's feather. Well you know the type, always thinking they were in the right. I kept wearing my eagle feather until it grew up and flew away. Not really. Cheerios, from Richard.
Richard L. Provencher