Today, as part of the early bird prompt, we’ve been asked to write about our favorite bird. For me it is none other than the House Sparrow. With us being under a lock-down, he’s the only one who comes visiting.
A little brown birdie
With a pearl grey belly
visits me daily
when nobody
else dares to come
He flies into the kitchen balcony
For his breakfast, lunch and tea
Peeps and scans for a potential enemy
Then makes a secret entry
Past sturdy grills and nets
Perching precariously
He hops on his tiny feet, deftly
Then bends his dainty
neck, and pecks hungrily
At the grains laid out for him
He cocks his head occasionally
And looks at me peculiarly
Before he flies away – content and free
While, I watch enviously
From where I stand confined
How I wait eagerly
For this little brown birdie, with the pearl grey belly
Who visits me daily
when nobody
else dares to come
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Yesterday, Smitha, I didn’t feel like working from home. Lots of bad news seemed to come banging in from everywhere and everyone. Today, I am feeling okay again. I worked and did everything I needed to do. I suppose this lock down is like everything else in life, it invokes good and bad days.
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Oh that’s not good. I’m glad you’re feeling better now. Yes, the lockdown can test your nerves. We’ve done a week. 2 more to go. At the end of 7 days, I felt the beginning of a little frustration. Then nipped it in the bud before it grew. Its stressing my younger one out slowly. I can see it. Let’s just hope all this ends quickly and normalcy is restored. Take care Robbie. Hugs.
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Beautiful poem Madam for an equally cute creature.. 😊
Good to know you are visited by sparrows.. 😊
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Thank you Abirbhav. 🙂. Oh yes, they’re the only ones who’re breaking the lockdown rules
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Haha.. Good to know.. 🙂 Here, we have pests like pigeons who break the lockdown rules, not “guests” like sparrows.
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Oh pigeons. I don’t like them so much. They tried getting into the net, 2 got stuck. One even died in the process. The other we managed to save. That’s when I got to see it from real close. Sparrows are so much more pleasanter and cleaner 🙂
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True Madam. Don’t understand why people feed such filthy pests like pigeons. Sparrows are much cleaner.
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I love sparrows😍😍
Sweet poem😊
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Thank you!🙂. Yes, it’s fun watching them.
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