[NFBMI-Talk] holiday greetings

Haley Dare haley.dare at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 26 19:02:28 UTC 2019


I loved your birder’s poem, so cute!!


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On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 9:40 PM, Posont, Donna via NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:




A BIRDER's poem for Christmas 
By Scott Shalaway 

'Twas the morning of Christmas,
And all 'round the house,
The feeders were empty,
Not enough for a mouse.
Each feeder was hung
>From its perch with great care,
But on this frosty morning,
The cupboards were bare.

Tubes, trays and suet bags.
Too many to mention.
In the Christmas Eve rush
They'd escaped my attention.

The rising sun on the breast of a new fallen snow,
Accented the vacuum in the feeders below.
I couldn't believe it, I'd stayed up too late.
I'd forgotten my friends on this most special date. 

A ravenous flock perched in dawn's early light,
Reminding me clearly of last night's oversight.
Impatient, they perched in an old apple tree,
Famished and anxious, some scolded me. 

Ashamed and embarrassed, I flew down the stairs,
I whistled and shouted like a big angry bear.
"Now Linda, now Nora, and Emma, you too.
We've got empty feeders, there's so much to do!"

I spoke no more words, we all went to work,
We filled every feeder, I'd been such a jerk. 

The birds quickly forgave me and flocked to the food,
I knew in a moment, they'd lost their foul mood.
Cardinals and grosbeaks and nuthatches, too,
Were first to arrive at my backyard bird zoo.
The sunflower seed disappeared with great speed,
I smiled contently; I'd fixed my misdeed. 

Then finches and siskins sought the feeder with thistle,
They flew so directly, each looked like a missile. 

Soon sparrows and doves found their way to the tray,
And hungrily joined the late breakfast fray. 

Even the water dish pulled in a crowd,
The titmice and chickadees were certainly loud. 

When woodpeckers finally found the new suet,
We were completely forgiven; the whole family knew it. 

I began to feel better, I'd made up for my goof;
When suddenly a voice caught my ear from the roof.
(You may not believe this, but I swear it's the truth.)
>From a perch at the top, sang a sassy Blue Jay,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good day!"
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-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Michael Powell
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Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 1:55 PM
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Cc: Michael Powell <mpowell7583 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] holiday greetings

Hello to all on this list serve.

Wishing all of you and yours a very Merry and blessed Christmas and a Happy
New Year as well.

Whatever holiday you may observe this season enjoy and be well.

Looking forward to the coming year with much anticipation.  I am sure it
will be packed with a lot of work.  So let us prevail and pray for success
in our undertakings as we continue to change what it means to be blind and
build the National Federation of the Blind.

 

Michael Powell

President

NFBM 

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