Spotted at Dawn

By Silver Spun Sand

Fri, 27 Mar 2015
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Spotted at Dawn
 
submersed
in its own,
small silence, 
a lone, 
spotted fawn;
gold-florin
tattooed
by the sun
 
green-woodpecker
beating a retreat
on a juniper tree,
so, with a hop
skip and jump,
and a flash
of white bum...
fawn - gone
 
 
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Comments

Submitted by Bee on

I love the jumpiness of - white bum, fawn gone at the end. Catching a glimpse of something so special makes a treasured memory, especially if you can capture it in such beautify of words, as you have done here, Tina. 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

It was quite some sight this morning, Bee, and I'm so glad you enjoyed me sharing this moment with you.

Thank yousmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

Did you manage to take that photo today?

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Sure did, somehowsmiley

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

What a lovely little inciden capturedt! Was it a green woodpecker? I gather they do hammer sometime but my husband used to tell me, if it's the hammering you hear, then it's the greater spotted. He keeps having to turn my attention to it anyway, I seem to enjoy the countryside oblivious to such sounds, maybe because I'm cutting out what I think is distant farm machinery sounds! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Know what you mean about the machinery.  Sometimes the countryside is noisier than the town, especially at harvest time.

Definitely a green woodpecker. We get both here, but the green we see most often.  He likes weeding out insects from between the stones and rocks round the pond, and hammers those with his beak, like nobody's business.  The greater spotted makes his haunt our willow tree...last year, incidentally, one of its young flew into one of our windows, and unfortunately didn't survivie.  I was heartbroken, and can only imagine what its parents felt. So very sad.

Many thanks for your inspirational thoughts.

Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Tina,

this is so sweet, I just love these beautiful creatures, you've captured a scene so well in this poem.

Lovely read.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Well hello there, Jenny.  Pleased you liked. It was such a fleeting, wonderful moment, I felt I just had to share it, and who better to share it with?smiley

Have a peaceful weekend.

Tina

 

Submitted by torscot on

A nice snapshot of nature here sand lady.

"...tattooed by the sun..."    I liked this line, a lovely sweet image
 

torscot