{"id":1334,"date":"2020-04-29T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2020-04-29T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:18:14","slug":"poetry-prompt-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/poetry-prompt-135\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Prompt #135"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bird Song Therapy<\/em><\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stop! Listen! What\u2019s that Sound?<\/em> Everybody look what\u2019s flitting round! *<\/em> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Birds! Hear them? See them? Now, in this time of CoVid-19 mandated Lockdown, with most human-made noises stilled and human activity slowed, Birds are everywhere<\/em>! (Or were they always everywhere and we were too busy to notice?) I\u2019m noticing now! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something therapeutic about watching birds flutter and flit about, calling to each other\u2014especially now when we humans are trapped in our cages and the birds are free. For today\u2019s post, let\u2019s send our imaginations winging with the birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position yourself in a quiet spot with your eyes and ears tuned to the world beyond your window and listen to the birds. What are they singing about? Are they greeting each other? Squabbling? Sharing news of the world\u2014just learning to tweet? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See if you can track the bird songs to a specific bird or clump of birds. If not, close your eyes and imagine yourself amongst the birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nestlings
\n Nestlings in sis-in-law Liz\u2019s pansies.<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Write a poem about what you\u2019re seeing\u2014and most especially hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incorporate the sounds and rhythm of the birds into your poem to make it sing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Start writing! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began\n this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1400 days ago. We now take turns \ncreating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the \n7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or \n if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Audubon Alaska\u2019s Bird Poetry<\/em><\/strong><\/a> party. Each week a new bird poem prompt is posted. Try it! Submit it! Submissions will be published. And, what\u2019s more! Each week\u2019s poems are mashed to create a collective poem. #AudubonAlaska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird Song Therapy Stop! Listen! What\u2019s that Sound? Everybody look what\u2019s flitting round! * Birds! Hear them? See them? Now, in this time of CoVid-19 mandated Lockdown, with most human-made noises stilled and human activity slowed, Birds are everywhere! (Or were they always everywhere and we were too busy to notice?) I\u2019m noticing now! There\u2019s … Continue reading “Poetry Prompt #135”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}