Dear friends, I wish you blessings of the season and a peaceful and joy-filled 2015. K
Christmas Eve
A whirling galaxy of starlings
at sunset on Christmas Eve.
Star – lings (a bright and shining name for such a dark and dusky bird)
A murmurration of stars
sweeping the darkening night,
making a moving path
for the Milky Way.
— Christmas Eve 2014- This is a poem posted last year with the youtube video of a murmuration of starlings set to music.
Check this video out — amazing starlings murmuration (full HD) -www.keepturningleft.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY&feature=share via @youtube
I love celebrating the seasons with your poetry and blog posts – thank you once again for the gift of friendship!
Hugs & kisses from Atlanta, where I wait for my daughter to come home from work and to start enjoying a long weekend with her & her husband.
Merry Christmas!
Nancy
P.S. That video was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Nancy! What a wonderful Christmas you have in store and many exciting to come! We had our 1st grand with us this past weekend – our great niece, Eva Rose. A joy to have a baby in the house!
Thank you for your friendship and many hugs to you and yours! Kathleen
I have never heard of a murmurration of starlings, and am enchanted. The video is marvelous. Wow! Love the beauty of your poem, the murmurration of the stars, the light and graceful movement. Just beautiful!!
I thought that was the coolest video too – not sure how I came across it.
I have this thing about weird collective nouns – that was when i discovered murmurration. Such a perfectly descriptive word for those birds.
We are having snow flurries but promises of warmer temps and sunshine tomorrow. We will have a fish fry for our Christmas feast!
Hugs and bright wishes for your Christmas and the year ahead, my friend.