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Laurie Easton Parker's avatar

I'll always be amazed how you can take an ordinary moment & make it timeless.

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Jonathan Foster's avatar

Me too

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Weston Parker's avatar

Thank you Mrs. Parker, that's a very kind thing to say. 😘

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Jonathan Foster's avatar

their allegiance timed

to the last crumb.

That made me laugh. People in the train looked over. The power of poetry :)

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Weston Parker's avatar

Aw, thanks for giving me a big smile Jonathan. In the late 70’s, I was studying at the LSE and was reading “The Pickwick Papers” on the tube. During one moment I howled out loud with laughter and “people in the train looked over.”

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Jonathan Foster's avatar

Ha ha nothing changes 🤣

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Eloquently constructed!

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Weston Parker's avatar

I always get a kick out of the fact that you so often notice the structure of a poem which, for me, is pretty much how these things develop, along a line of structure and then all the color and tinsel gets added, pretty much like building something. thanks Stan

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

I’ve always thought you build a poem like a carpenter builds a house.

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Weston Parker's avatar

I remember we talked about this well over a year ago and I always appreciated your sharp eye.

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Thanks!

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Ann Collins's avatar

The wry spirit of your poetry makes it special. This is such a good example--thank you for reading it.

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Andrea Petkovic's avatar

beautiful!

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Weston Parker's avatar

Thanks Andrea

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Jessica Rath's avatar

You capture this moment for all the senses; I can see and hear the one pigeon standing out among the others, all of them around you, the light at just the right angle, you in the middle. But most of all I can FEEL these few, now immortalized, minutes.

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Weston Parker's avatar

How wonderful to have a poem so well received, appreciated and understood! Thank you so much Jessica.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Beautiful.

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Weston Parker's avatar

thanks Margaret

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Jack Berg's avatar

From our solarium window the birds gather for a feast. Bluebirds, red cardinals, red winged blackbirds, cat birds, tufted tit mice, humming birds. We even had a magnificent pileated woodpecker. None of these inspire me as your common pigeon does you. Thanks once again for your words and voice.

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Weston Parker's avatar

thank you Jack. I miss all the variety of the east coast. Here in France it's all pigeons, sparrows and crows with a seagull showing up now and then.

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Patris's avatar

You give so much to what too many give an indifferent look.. this is the power of what words (and day old bread) can do when your eyes and heart and breath combine…

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Weston Parker's avatar

Thank you Patris. I have been slowing down as much as possible to see what goes on everywhere. It's been great fun.

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Patris's avatar

That must be wonderful- and heart-expanding! Your gentle tone these days seems to speak from a peaceful soul. I’m glad xx

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Weston Parker's avatar

It's been a wonderful bunch of months traveling about. We have three more weeks here in this little town and then home to Colorado. We spend the month of June packing up the house and move out on July 1st.

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Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

heavenly

flows soft as feathers

delights

the bird in me

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Weston Parker's avatar

Hi Deborah, it's very easy to see heaven in something as beautiful as a bird.

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