May 31: Happy hour

happy hour
ecstasy of swifts
in perfect blue sky

June 20: Solstice Eve

Three chimney swifts

also ecstatic

over tonight's sunset.

 

 

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June 14: Town Meeting

Town meeting.

Chimney swifts still busy

in twilight sky.

 

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July 8: Newburyport

Brick buildings, sidewalks

of an old harbor town.

Chimney swifts overhead.

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June 8: Night out with Elizabeth

after dinner ice cream

swifts chitter overhead

clearing sky a metaphor

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May 7: 80 degrees in Belfast

First warm night--

street music, chimney swifts,

and suddenly, a longing...

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July 9: Happy Hour

Swifts chatter overhead
while we sip cocktails, laugh
on the patio.

July 11: Chimney swifts

Another perfect summer evening. Sat outside at a local bistro, alone, sipping a cocktail, periodically looking up to admire the expanse of blue sky. Eventually the chittering of chimney swifts filled the air--my energetic dining companions.

This sky, it's flawless,
till swifts fly all over it.
Then, it comes alive.