Poet D. Avery is sharing two of her poems with us this week, and I’ve decided to start with this one, from her collection, Chicken Shift. Poem #2 will be along later in the week. I know you will all enjoy this one, and will share it far and wide!
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When Comes the Time
When comes the time, a road’s the place
The destiny some hens embrace
Chickens rise and leave the nest
To make their dreams manifest.
Their sojourn can’t end unless it begins
So they head out to look within
Pilgrims of regenerate faith
These chickens cross, they go with grace
They cross a road, they pass that test
Continue on their illimitable quest
Till comes the time when they stop, content
They know themselves and where they went.
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D. Avery (196?-20??) has long been a compulsive poet. Despite a very important day job educating public school children, she is often distracted by this compulsion, as well as by life’s great questions, such as “Kayak, or bike?” Though she has come to realize that nothing difficult is ever easy, she believes that it’s all good.
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Reblogged this on ShiftnShake and commented:
Thank you marciamearawrites.com for sharing my poetry.
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So happy to have you with us. Thanks for the reblog, too! I have to say, I think this is one of the funniest and most clever ideas I’ve seen in some time. I’m buying this book for a chicken loving friend! And downloading a copy for myself, too. 😀 Thanks for taking part today!
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Thank you! I appreciate the space here and the sale. (You might have better luck shopping at Lulu.com)
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An existential chicken? 😀 LOL! Too cute! Enjoyed this!
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Reblogged this on Nesie's Place and commented:
Another excerpt on The Write Stuff – this time…a poem! 😉 #ExcerptWeek
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Thank you for the reblog, I appreciate that. Yup, there is a book of poetry out there that features philosophical chickens. A caveat; they do not all make it. Cross or die trying, I suppose.
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You’re welcome! 😉
😀 Thanks! I will check it out!
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Love it!! I was raised on a farm and feel I know chickens well. This is perfect!
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Thank you. I used to have chickens too. Did you know that some think deeply about life? Guess this is kind of a tell all book. You’d be surprised by some of those birds.
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😀 😀 😀
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Poets and chickens who know where they went…a start to a new world.
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Hello there. I’m off the ranch and at the chicken farm today. This is the most free ranging flock you’ll ever encounter.
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Reblogged this on Bookin' It and commented:
#ExcertpWeek continues with D. Avery’s clever and thoughtful poem, When Comes the Time, from her book Chicken Shift. Check it out!
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Thank you.
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Very clever! 🙂
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Thank you. If you have any curiosity about curious chickens… Chicken Shift may well be the most comprehensive book around on that theme in poetical form.
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Philosophical chickens – whatever next. Very clever and I look forward to poem #2 when it appears.
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Thank you for reading and commenting. This poem is from a collection that is mostly chickens and their existential wanderings and wonderings (and some other road crossing critters. The next poem will be from a different collection, “For the Girls”, inspired by my experiences with breast cancer. Like you, perhaps, with scenes from Afghanistan, I used poetry to observe, record, and process.
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A poem of chickens… at last they have their place in the literary world!! Brilliant
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Thank you. Yes, a real shift. The collection, Chicken Shift, will resolve any and all questions you may have about road crossing hens, and may have you looking twice yourself.
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I’m so pleased you shared D.’s poems, Marcia. They are a special kind of wonderful, aren’t they?
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They truly are, and I know at least one person who is getting a copy of this book for Christmas. She’ll love it! As do I. 😀 Just the concept makes me laugh!
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Thank you Norah and Marcia.
Laugh away. Then look again. They might be seriously funny.
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I am nothing if not serious about humor, so I will look, and look again. And then I will laugh my behind off, and share with friends. 😀
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It will make a great Christmas gift! The recipient will love it. 🙂
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