25.4.10

The first word to hear

It’s 7 a.m. on Sunday morning.
It’s the apartment and me.
The first word to hear is yet to come
from somewhere –
most likely through a telephone wire
or wireless or from someone
at a bakery.
But there’s bird song
through the open window,
and those birds
seem to be saying something.

– Iself (© 2010)

For napowrimo #25, first things first.

12 comments:

Stan Ski said...

Those birds always have something to say!
Great post!

Ingeborg said...

Very Poetic. Glad the birds were singing.
Ist wohl der Fruehling Schuld :) Ingeborg writing from Autumn in Australia.

rallentanda said...

Ist wohl der Fruehling Schuld from me too. Enjoyed your poem. Dont speak German so I hope this is not rude.

Ron. said...

Sorry not to comment in German...

This poem is unfreakinbelievable.

(The comment's American vernacular, but owes a debt to German for the creation of compund words.)

J. D. Mackenzie said...

Guten morgen,
appreciate that the narrator listed for not only humans but also the natural world. Viele danken for a nice poem.

flaubert said...

I don't speak German either. But this is an excellent poem.
Pamela

Anonymous said...

Good idea. It's always worthwhile to make sure the outside world is still rolling along.
I did consider asking my cat to say something, but settled for waiting for my husband to wake up.

markoolio said...

Nice to hear the birds singing. I hope they aren't stool pigeons. Wiping stool from pigeons is never a pleasant experience.

This reminds me of a riddle. What did the worm say to the bird?

Ans: Are you shitting me?

Best,

~Mark

Anonymous said...

Lovely!

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Anonymous said...

This is a fun poem. I enjoy the birds also.

one more believer said...

this is good to hear the first sounds of spring... regardless of what or how we speak.. tho i did haf2 chuckle at marks joke... i gotta remember that one...conduit connect

Robin said...

I also enjoy hearing the birds...though not always at 6 a.m. when I want more sleep! Anyhow, very nice post.