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Moments of Gold

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Mary Kendall

(Photograph © 2014 by Harald Illsinger)

(Moments of Gold © 2014 by Harald Illsinger)

flapping

five times twice

he hovers

over the pale swans

in a shimmering dance

golden feather 10

My thanks to photographer Harald Illsinger for the use of his beautiful picture, “Moments of Gold” (c) 2014

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2 thoughts on “Moments of Gold”

Robin Dawn Hudechek says:

December 17, 2014 at 9:15 am

This one is absolutely beautiful, Mary! Thank you for sharing it! 🙂

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vera ersilia says:

December 16, 2014 at 5:13 pm

… and where is Leda…?

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