parallel community
brown flits across path
hedge sparrow on an errand
black-capped chickadee
flips pine-tree acrobatics
instant later disappears
starlings group frantic
lift and land in unison
as if organized
by a choreographer
while I stay on the outside
living parallel
to seagulls, robins, flickers
watch them from below
I’m nonentity in their
rarified community
© 2011 by Violet Nesdoly
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This is poem is written and presented for the Tweetspeak prompt “Look Up, (and Don’t Blush)” which challenges: “Could you find a poem by looking up? If so, post your link on our Facebook Wall by Wednesday, November 16th, for links and possible feature here, at The High Calling, or at Every Day Poems. “
Violet Nesdoly 
Well-written poem, Violet. I especially like “living parallel/to seagulls”.
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This is reeeeeally nice. Can’t say why, but the “I’m nonentity” part is what I like best!
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Love the photo, Violet. And the part about staying on the outside and living parallel–watching from below. I like that. Nice.
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I love this! These words were sheer joy to read tonight. Thank you. 🙂
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