your body and its reflection
resemble a bracket,
emphatically holding the day–
every call from screeching gulls,
each breeze rippling marshy waters,
all the tiny gnats hovering above the flat surface,
and every stray desire dispelled by me,
and perhaps by you, on that waning afternoon
spanishwoods 
An elegant bracket
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Yes, he makes for a very elegant bracket, indeed.
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Woouww… Very nice shoot… The bird pict like a bra hahaha…
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Thank you.
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Beautiful poem and photo. Looks like a perfect late afternoon 🙂
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Thank you, it was.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you so much.
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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A beautiful photograph, with words to match…
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Thank you so very much.
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My stray desire would be to capture that photo, Sylvia. 🙂 –Curt
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Thank you Curt 🙂 I took many that day. There was another heron just off to the left that I couldn’t capture in the same image. But I was grateful to get a shot at this heron out in the open.
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Beautiful!
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Thanks Jodi!
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Wonderful image and words.
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Thank you.
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Absolutely stunning.
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Hard to go wrong with this beautiful bird.
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Yes, and the wonderful words.
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I love herons…I really love this post! Both the photo and the poem are terrific!
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Thanks so much!
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This is a beautiful thought, of the external tangibles and internal intangibles of life being bracketed by a single image of beauty. And the great blue heron is among my most favorite of birds. I once saw one glide low above the surface of a roaring river beneath a covering tree canopy in Zion National Park. Breathtaking.
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Thank you. Watching herons fly is one of the most amazing things to do in my book. And everything at Zion is so beautiful.
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“a bracket,emphatically holding the day” – I love that expression.
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Thank you so much.
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Spectacular picture and a beautiful thought 😊
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Thank you very much.
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