Colleen’s Poetry Challenge – Poet’s Choice of Words
Colleen’s Poetry Challenge – It’s the first challenge of the month which means Colleen let poets get to choose their own words.
Spring is Coming
We
Didn’t
Complain the
Four winter rains
Came seven days straight
Brought sixteen inches water
Measure by the water gauge
Garden soil soaked many inches down
Best time to add nutrient and prepare
Spring’s glorious blossoms coming to town
My chirping friends of mourning doves, blue jays
House finches, song sparrows and hummingbirds
Flapping back after southern stay
Crossing a thousand miles
With no GPS, satellite
Brought us big smiles
By showing up
And saying
to us
“Hi”
The Showers of Blessings 
I have sent a mail
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Oh, did you send it to my msn? I better check, I just deleted some emails. Thank you very much.
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Thank you Miriam
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I got it and emailed you back, thank you, Kurian.
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Great 👍
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🙂 🙂
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I probably deleted it, would you send it to mhurdle7@gmail.com thank you, Kurian.
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Now that I have your approval, I will have it on amazon and goodreads
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I’m very excited to see it. Thank you again, Kurian.
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👍
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🙂
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I loved it when the birds came back! Now I want to try this style poem! I love to write too and just posted a poem myself! LOL! 😉
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This is beautiful, Miriam!
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Thank you, Dwight! We had the last rain and cold until yesterday. But the roses started budding already!
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You are ahead of us. Daffodiles blooming and pear trees ready to open.
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The “Hi!” at the end made me smile.
Do you think your hummingbird will be back this year, or do they not migrate very much?
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Thank you! The baby hummingbird stayed through the winter. The parents went south. but the papa came back after three weeks – came back beginning the month, mama came back 3 days later. Now the whole family is together again flying around. The sugar water went by fast and they may need to drink more for more energy because it’s still cold from the rain.
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Aww, glad everything worked out well!
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Yes, I was glad for the baby!!
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A glorious poem, Miriam. A lovely way to start my working week.
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Thank you, Robbie! The birds make me smile. I started doing the gardening when the soil is soft. Have a wonderful week.
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I nominated you for Best Book. Hope to go through.
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How lovely to have the first signs of spring arrive.
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Yes, it is, Rob. The cold still lingers, but the roses started the buds.
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How nice. I’m looking forward to Spring.
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Yes, Orange County maybe a little tiny bit warmer than Bay area. Spring should be here anytime now. It’s snowing in Portland where my daughter is.
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I got buds on the Orchid, but this is the coldest Winter we’ve had in years.
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Oh, Rob, you must post some photos of the flowers when they bloom.
Three nights ago it went down to 39 C. Good thing I watched the news and was prepared. We stayed in the same positions all night, to keep warm, I guess. One night I was cold but didn’t want to get up to find additional blanket, I was awake the rest of the night.
Hope the cold is coming to the end.
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The plant does seem to be struggling this year, Miriam. I hope it does blossom. It’s been an unusually cold week.
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It was cold last night.
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It’s cold again, tonight Miriam. And it’s raining.
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Yes, I saw on my phone, 39F again tonight. It rained last night. We seem to get rain at night.
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It’s going to rain for the entire week.
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I have to hold off to planting flowers, but that’s okay.
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I have some seeds for the garden as well. Last year at this time we were well into Spring.
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The weather is all messed up!
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It’s not as messed up as it’s going to get if we don’t do something to repair the environment.
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That was what I referred to. We did terrible things to the environment and to ourselves.
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39F 🙂
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Yep. 41 indoors.
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Same here. My house is a good nice with many windows. It’s hard to warm it up evenly. That’s how I get sick, in and out of warm and cold spots.
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And I never use the heat. I hate artificial heat. I prefer thick night clothing, lots of blankets and heating pads.
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I remember those days, Rob. That was what I did when I was in Hong Kong, put hot water bottle at my feet inside the thick blankets. I came to Portland, Oregon 42 years ago, remember wearing cashmere sweaters indoor!!! I learned quickly to wear layers.
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Right. I haven’t used space heaters in years.
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We do when we don’t want to heat up the whole house.
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My partner has a radiator type thing he uses to heat his study.
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I saw something doesn’t look like heater but it is, at Costco. Keep warm tonight.
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I’m bundled under layers of blankets and heating pads. This is the coldest I’ve seen it get in San Francisco.
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Yes, we’re not any warmer here in Orange County.
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I hope it eases soon.
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I hope so. I want to do some gardening soon.
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I’m going to get closer to the fireplace. Talk again soon. Good night.
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Apparently we’re living under and atmospheric river.
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/02/12/atmospheric-river-fueled-by-historic-hawaii-storm-takes-aim-at-bay-area/
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Hope you’re not in the flooding zone.
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It stormed all night and the rain is a drenching rain. I’m hoping it will let up a bit so I can go for a quick walk.
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It’s raining here also. We went to the gym. I prefer walking outdoor.
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This is lovely, Miriam. There is nothing quite as nice as when the birds return. A sure sight of spring. ❤
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I’m so happy for my baby hummingbird being alone for three weeks. I worried about him during the rains, and now papa and mama are back. It’s the papa that scoops him up and swirling around. ❤
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This is awesome, Miriam! It’s very rhythmic, and I love the shape. Your photos are very good. Sending you a big hug!
Blessings, and I love you.
Debbie
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Thank you very much, Debbie.
Love,
Miriam
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❤ ❤ Love and Light to you Miriam!
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Thank you, Debbie! ❤ ❤
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Lovely, Mriam! 🙂
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Thank you, Bette. Have a wonderful weekend. ❤
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Thanks, Miriam. ❤ Wishing you a wonderful weekend too… xo
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Thank you very much, Bette. ❤
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How lovely, Miriam. I can’t do any planting until Memorial Day. Living this high up really dictates my planting time. My birds haven’t come back yet either. I have to redo my bird feeder too. Your words make me long for spring. I can’t wait. ❤
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It’s fun to see the mama, papa hummingbirds back to play with their baby that was left behind for a month. They’re swirling around right now. ❤
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Oh, it will be months for before I see that. LOL! Lucky girl! ❤
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I know. It’s like Tasmania, Australia is 102 C temperature, whereas Charli Mills has 107 inches of snow. I’m in the middle. ❤
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LOL! 😍❤️
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❤ 🙂
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The best part of the signs of spring, when the birds return! Lovely, Miriam 😊💛
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I was so surprised three days ago. The blue jays even took a bird bath!! The parent hummingbirds went away for a month, left the baby (born in my backyard) here. The papa bird came back a week ago. The mama bird arrived 3 days ago. It’s still cold but the son is out. ❤ 🙂
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They left the baby? Isn’t that odd? Our little birds are showing up, and my chipmunks were here yesterday! And now the weathermen are calling for snow over the weekend! I give up with Mother Nature’s mood swings lol ❤
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Yes they fly 900 miles nonstop to Mexico from CA. The first year of baby can’t do that, so he stayed behind. I think the parent birds waited as long as they could before flying south when all the birds were gone. The papa came back in 3 weeks and mama in 3 1/2 weeks. There were rains and I got so worried. I saw him once in a while and he could find some spots with less wind and less rain drops. I guess animals have survival instincts. ❤
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Wow, that’s fabulous. We had a baby robin here and mama went off and left him/her. I was worried the hawks in the area would scoop him up, but she came back hours later. He didn’t move from the spot she left him.
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They are smarty pies!! It makes me smile! ❤
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Its filled with beautiful images..
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Thank you very much, Mich!
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What a beautiful poem and images, Miriam.
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Thank you, Norah. It’s going to be cold tonight. Probably it’s the last cold of the season. I bought some new flowers to plant this weekend. Is it hot where you are?
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Hi Miriam,
Enjoy the last of the cold. We’re still very hot, and getting hotter this week, hoping it will cool down soon.
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If I go to Australia again, I’ll make sure to go during our winter to enjoy the warm weather that you have.
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I think you should come during our winters. They are quite pleasant. Our summers are far too hot. Late March until early October is the best time. 🙂
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We went in May last time, during your good weather, and it was pleasant. 🙂
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May can be very pleasant. 🙂
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This is full of lovely imagery Miriam. Happy weekend to you 🌺
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Thank you, Miriam. Have a relaxing weekend. I hope the heat is cooling off a little for you! ❤
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Yes it is. Thankfully ❤️
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That’s good. One blogger said there was 107 inches of snow in January at her place and more is coming in February. What a drastic difference! ❤
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