nurturing a dove

By well-wisher

Tue, 02 Aug 2011
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The child’s eyes widen,
behind binocular lenses,
watching as featherless hatchlings
grasp for air with tiny talons;
tender mums and fathers feeding
crop milk to their hungry young
pillowed on billowing breasts;
mothers knitting little Edens
within eaves of roofs above,
twining twigs and grass together,
while their fathers go and gather.
“See mum, that’s how it’s done”,
they say with a love of life
that will never ever leave.

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Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hi John, I'm sure you knew I'd love this, it's so full of love and tenderness and also the beauty of nature. Such a wonderful read. Thankyou. Jenny.

 

Submitted by well-wisher on
Thanks,Jenny. I do think that learning to love nature is part of a good moral education because it teaches you to value life, to respect other living things (including other people); it broadens your mind, reminds you that life can be beautiful and that the world is much bigger than human society and its petty concerns. JoHn

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by Highhat on
"Mothers knitting little Edens" really lovely JoHn ;)Pia

Submitted by well-wisher on
Thankyou, Pia. I only recently discovered that doves(and pigeons) produce a kind of milk but, immediately, it struck me that they would make a very good symbol of the maternal/parental. JoHn

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by Highhat on
Oh I Had no idea that they produced milk- but do the baby doves nuture on that? Sounds a bit difficult with a beak etc. Must look it up. I thought you meant the new corn they fed their babies on. I find homing pigeons fascinating. ;)Pia