Thursday 6 March 2014

A Bird came down the Walk
Vienna in Spring


A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.


And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.


He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad,--
They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
He stirred his velvet head


Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home


Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, plashless, as they swim.

Poem by Emily Dikcinson
Images © by Merisi

10 comments:

  1. Dieser Vogel hat das erste Frühlingsbad ja scheinbar sehr genossen!
    Liebe Grüße
    Ingrid

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  2. So beautiful! Great sequence.

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  3. Merisi, this poem and your photographs complement each other so well. They present a very welcome message of spring.

    I think that seeing these photos capture a certain place and time so much more beautifully than a video would have done. The colors and the light on that rippling water are remarkable.

    Many thanks! xo

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  4. What pretty shots - very spring-like!

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  5. Lovely captures and the perfect words to match!! Hope you are ready for a great weekend, Merisi!!

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  6. Lovely pics. Love that little pool.

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  7. Lovely. I can almost feel the sun on my face.

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  8. Wunderschöne Fotos! Da bekommt man richtig "Frühlingsgefühle" ... die hatte der Vogel wahrscheinlich auch grad! :)

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  9. I like the poetry... and the bird seems to love the water!

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  10. I don't know what I enjoyed more...the poetry, the photos or the fact that Spring looks so good!

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