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You left one summer night:
A flash of light stripping
The world of color, birds
Of flight, Leaving only
Pip-pip-pips in the trees
Dark now, within the leaves;
‘I am here now, come— see!’
Hearts beating in their chests:
Silence falls within the nests
I trip and words flee from me;
The world is out of bounds!
You are no longer mine—
Rushing wings have no sound,
The foxes have dined.
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I see the Sparrow now,
Visiting the feeder
Several times an hour:
Who would miss him, should he
One day—Fall from the sky ?
Only I.
Or the chipmunk, streaking
Onto every hidden nest
Even the squirrels are impressed,
He reappears; twitchy
Eyes, shifty ears, watching
To see if I see;
There is only me.
I am worth All that I lost,
When you left you took the Earth,
Blue eyes and bait, clicking
Closed the garden gate,
Even though it was so late,
Walking down to the river
To fish in the frozen lake:
Moonlight turned it to mirror
And I learned— too late—
We dream in circles
And the fish rise to meet us.
Bird’s timeline
- March 2026
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05 ThuAnniversary
One year of membership
- March 2025
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31 MonNew follower
@Clentin
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05 WedReceived a critique
on Worth from @Ruby Lord
"Hi Bird, welcome to Neopoet. Your poem is full of emotion and I thought the way you used nature and animals as a reflection of loss gave kudos to your poetic voice. As did the frozen lake in mirror form, excellent. Well…" -
05 WedReceived a critique
on Worth from @Candlewitch
"Welcome to Neopoet, it is very nice to meet you! I love this poem, this thought process! It is analytical in its demeanor while the feelings of loss are heartrending! Usually, when I comment, after reading a poem, I quo…" -
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About Me
About me
Suzanne Grenoble is a language teacher and a word and bird lover. She lives in Massachusetts in a forested area with lots of birds and her cat.
Location: MA
Favorite Poets
The Ancients
Longfellow
Wordsworth
Frost
Dickinson
The French
Ronsard
Baudelaire
Mallarmé
Rimbaud
The Spanish
Neruda
de la Cruz
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Contest Wins
| Winning Submission | Contest | Contest Date |
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| Worth | 03/25 New Member Contest | – |