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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> Inspiration Birds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Geese flying in a tight vee formation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>across a chill January sky.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I walk briskly below them to keep warm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Have they become confused by climate change?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>A longing for spring sunshine circles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>like a flock of migrating robins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Demanding I write spring into being,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Because it was sunny yesterday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>My head fills with a chorus of birdsong.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>My thoughts flit and flutter like sparrows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>no peace until I’ve netted them in words,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>a paean to sunshine and flowers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: 573-544-3511<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:dqnoriega@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>dqnoriega@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author of <i>Fifty Years of Walking with Friends<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>