[JustAmy]

March 4, 2008



Graphic by MamaBear

BIRD OF PARADISE

Graceful as a bird in flight
God and nature's filigree
Beautiful for all to see
Exotic in the dawns first light

Stretching out its neck so long
Lifting up its colors high
Flaming fingers to the sky
Shaming any poet's song

Sweeter than the rarest spice
When it's alone or in a crowd
Like sun rays through a broken cloud
Shines the Bird of Paradise

Yes, it's a flower not a bird
But that don't matter much to me
For beauty such as this will be
More precious than this written word.

Aloha Mel (fish hawk)
© 2005 - 2008

[Mama_Bear]

Simply beautiful!

Looks like we are in for a "California Classic" today. I just heard the high will be 75 and sunny. Doesn't get much better than that....except maybe in Hawaii. ;-)

[fish hawk]

Wow, you girls still have poems that I myself had forgotten about. Awesome. Aloha from the home of the Bird of Paradise, Maui.

[yorkie]

I looked at your picture of the Bird Of Paradise, and said that dosen't look like my BoP, here in AZ.

A little search, and I found a picture of the Desert Bird of Paradise:

This is what mine looks like.

Are they different plants? Related?

[Kitty Mittens]

Your #264 is Beautiful, Amy!

Continuing in Prayers for Jim, and Sending Hugs to All FRiends.

[La Enchiladita]

Aloha, Aloha Mel. I like the poem. We have Bird of Paradise blooming here in southern California too. There is a larger variety, also, that has a white flowers.