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Henry David Thoreau was this country’s first and, perhaps, foremost nature writer. He rigorously kept a journal, recording the happenings around his home in Concord, Massachusetts. On April 26, 1838 he scribed a poem that began, “In the midst of the poplar that stands by our door, We planted a bluebird box, And we hoped before summer was o’er, A transient pair to coax.”
Thoreau ended the long entry with the lines, “The bluebird had come from the distant South, To his box in the poplar tree, And he opened wide his slender mouth, On purpose to sing to me.”
It’s now been 174 years since the master of Walden wrote poetically about Eastern bluebirds, but his words seem just as appropriate today as they were then because people still love the birds that “carry the sky on their backs” and a song in their hearts.
- Photo by Sandy
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2 comments:
I like your new profile picture, smiling into the camera! No, I'm not flirting with you;-) I also simple love that picture of the pair of Eastern Bluebirds! We were blessed to get to photograph our baby Bluebirds leaving the nest. That was the first time I've seen them actually leave.
Glad to see Dorothy came by to comment. She's a very special blogger friend of mine! I love these lovely bluebirds too, and appreciate your reminder of Thoreau's comments on them. It's been far too long since I read Walden!
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