Thank you Between Festivals: A Journal in Time of Pandemic and Lockdown for publishing “Quarantine Wishes.”
QUARANTINE WISHES
black heads bobbing chicka-dee-dee-dee
among winter-shrivelled barberries
goldfinches’ ti-dee-di-di music
lilting like waves through air
plump mourning doves in pairs
singing their sad ooahoo oo oo oo
congregations of ducks quack-ing
a family of swans silently swimming
fish in the river
and heron along the shore
turtles floating on logs
even a snake or two
children on bicycles
parents jogging along
seniors slowly strolling
young lovers embracing
our hearts want spring
and ordinary things
parks and trails
rivers and bays
the earth renewed
with grass and flowers
blue sky
corona-free
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To view the poem on Between Festivals: A Journal in Time of Pandemic and Lockdown: https://festivalofthearts.ca/2020/11/27/quarantine-wishes-by-kathryn-macdonald/
I chose the photograph, above, by Carol Nemeth because it illustrates a coterminous moment of trust and serenity, a connection between wild chickadee and a person, a precious moment. Thank you Carol.
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Kathryn MacDonald 