poem-lake love

poem-lake love July 19, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 7:31 pm
Tags: alliteration, assonance, consonance, Echo Lake, lake, loon, poem, poetry

Here,

listening to the loons,

with you,

is a precious moment

of forever.

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19 Responses to “poem-lake love”

toad2014 Says:
July 19, 2014 at 7:54 pm
Love the piece Shawn, don’t say that is where you live!

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  July 19, 2014 at 8:35 pm
  No, this is a pretty lake resort east of Vernon. (By resort I mean, camp; you bring your own bedding and food). There are a few cabins, RV, and tent sites. Beautiful spot, eh? The loons were incredible two were visible from our deck, calling, hooting, warbling. Quite an interesting repertoire of loud, echoing sounds. Very cool experience.
  
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  - toad2014 Says:
    July 19, 2014 at 9:12 pm
    You and your Husband are so lucky!
  - Shawn L. Bird Says:
    July 19, 2014 at 10:03 pm
    Lucky/blessed is one way of looking at it. Where we live and what we do also took lots of goal setting, work, sacrifices, and determination.
    
    On the other hand, anyone with $40 and a tent can camp on this lake. lol
  - toad2014 Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 7:41 am
    Personally i find a place for free!
    
    By and by what would the lake be called?
  - Shawn L. Bird Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 11:22 am
    lol Of course, you do.
    
    This is at Echo Lake, near Lumby.
  - toad2014 Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 2:11 pm
    While i was in the music industry i just mite have been to this lake, just outside Vernon?
  - Shawn L. Bird Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 2:35 pm
    More or less:
    https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Echo+Lake+Provincial+Park,+North+Okanagan+D,+BC/Vernon,+BC/@50.23674,-119.0136682,43464m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x537c33755af6e429:0x27b734b8db02fb51!2m2!1d-118.704576!2d50.202725!1m5!1m1!1s0x537dd8e746d9fce3:0x8fd4e1b6add1e987!2m2!1d-119.2720107!2d50.2670137!3e0
  - toad2014 Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 3:03 pm
    Thank you darling!
words4jp Says:
July 19, 2014 at 8:22 pm
This is a beautiful poem and photo. Very beautiful.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  July 19, 2014 at 8:31 pm
  Thanks, Kimberly!
  
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narble Says:
July 19, 2014 at 10:29 pm
Loons are the best!

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  July 19, 2014 at 10:59 pm
  I don’t know if I’d ever actually heard them live before, for sure I’d never heard them carrying on like they were last night!
  
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charissagrace Says:
July 20, 2014 at 6:28 am
Oh how I loved this! Reminded me of a poem from long ago…and loons.
http://charissagrace.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/winter/

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  July 20, 2014 at 11:26 am
  Lovely. Your poem reminds me of a previous one of mine! 🙂
  https://shawnbird.com/2013/08/15/listening-on-the-lake/
  
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  - charissagrace Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 11:49 am
    Omg it TOTALLY is cousins!
    🙂
  - Shawn L. Bird Says:
    July 20, 2014 at 12:46 pm
    lol. Cousin poems. Great image.
Rhonda Says:
July 20, 2014 at 8:40 am
Beautiful! Where I grew up (Minnesota) the loon is the state bird. I’ve always had a special fondness for them. 🙂

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  July 20, 2014 at 11:22 am
  They are hauntingly beautiful.
  Of course, here in Canada, they are on our one dollar coin, which we call a “loonie.”
  
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