Waxwings ~ | Maverick Mist

Waxwings ~

Posted by Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016

Posted in: Nature, Photography, Poetry. Tagged: Beautiful Day, Cedar Waxwings, Robert Francis, Tao, Waxwing, White Bird.

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Waxwings  
by Robert Francis

Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings
chat on a February berry bush
in sun, and I am one.

Such merriment and such sobriety–
the small wild fruit on the tall stalk–
was this not always my true style?

Above an elegance of snow, beneath
a silk-blue sky a brotherhood of four
birds. Can you mistake us?

To sun, to feast, and to converse
and all together–for this I have abandoned
all my other lives.

4cedar

28 comments on “Waxwings ~”

Semra Polat on December 6, 2016 at 5:09 am said:

Dear Maverick, be happy always ❤

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 5:57 am said:
  
  Sweet Semra ❤ sometimes a little bit of sad makes the happy better. 🙂
  
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Miriam on December 6, 2016 at 5:38 am said:

Proud looking .

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 5:58 am said:
  
  It’s probably the berries. 😉
  
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  - Miriam on December 6, 2016 at 1:27 pm said:
    
    Yep, most probably.
    
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spanishwoods on December 6, 2016 at 5:56 am said:

So so beautiful. Great shots.

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 6:00 am said:
  
  Thank you for the kind words. 🙂
  
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D. Wallace Peach on December 6, 2016 at 7:57 am said:

Lovely photos. What beauties 🙂

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 6:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you. 🙂
  
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Serendipitous Web Life. : ) on December 6, 2016 at 8:13 am said:

Wow… beautiful!! Birds are so hard to capture. You must be stealthy! : )

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prinxy on December 6, 2016 at 9:28 am said:

Great shots… Pretty Birds

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 6:48 pm said:
  
  Thanks prinxy. 🙂
  
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waternymph88 on December 6, 2016 at 2:06 pm said:

Want some!

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 6:48 pm said:
  
  Berries or Waxwings? 🙂
  
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  - waternymph88 on December 6, 2016 at 7:14 pm said:
    
    Waxwings! We have loads of berries but the waxwings don’t come 😫
    
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  - Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 7:23 pm said:
    
    Usually just see these around this time of year. Maybe they’re afraid of your cat. 🙂
    
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lauramacky on December 6, 2016 at 9:56 pm said:

These are beautiful! I’ve never seen a real one but your pictures make me feel as though I have!

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- Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 10:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks Laura. I looked it up and they seem to be in the northwestern area of your state.
  
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  - lauramacky on December 6, 2016 at 10:11 pm said:
    
    It must be even more north of us or I just haven’t been in the right spot. I’d love to see one!
    
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  - Maverick ~ on December 6, 2016 at 10:13 pm said:
    
    I think they migrate a lot. Fruits and berries seem to be their thing. 🙂
    
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Purpleanais on December 7, 2016 at 10:26 am said:

Oh, I love them! You just can tell they cannot be bothered with petty problems

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- Maverick ~ on December 10, 2016 at 3:03 pm said:
  
  Oblivious to all but the berries. 🙂
  
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Tiny on December 7, 2016 at 11:09 am said:

Beautiful captures ❤ And they have a few berries left to enjoy!

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- Maverick ~ on December 10, 2016 at 3:03 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tiny. There were lots of berries thy went from tree to tree. 🙂
  
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Inger on December 10, 2016 at 6:14 am said:

Wonderful captures, these guys are so beautiful! 🙂

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- Maverick ~ on December 10, 2016 at 3:04 pm said:
  
  They are, thanks Inger. 🙂
  
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cat9984 on January 17, 2017 at 8:35 pm said:

That top picture is beautiful. Like a portrait

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- Maverick ~ on January 17, 2017 at 9:32 pm said:
  
  Thanks. 🙂
  
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