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I lie in the darkness
Listening to the Hadedas’
Ha-aa, ha-aa, ha-aa, ha-a-a-a-a-a-a
In the distance.
The chorus swells
As more and more birds
Join in the yells
And the sky lightens
As the world brightens
With the dawn of day.
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©DGA 17 February 2012 05:45
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I am a middle-aged South African woman, living in Johannesburg. I began writing poetry towards the end of May 2010. I love animals – sometimes more than people! I am back after a break. Thanks for still being here, if you are! Missed you! xxx
29/02/2012 at 12:53 pm
I have a tree nearby that all the hadedas come home to at night:-)
*hugs*
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29/02/2012 at 9:02 pm
That’s interesting, Hope. I wonder, is it near water eg a dam or swamp? ♥
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29/02/2012 at 1:30 pm
Ah yes, a new look at the break of day…
Blessings – Maxi
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29/02/2012 at 9:03 pm
I just love dawns and dusks, Maxi… Bless you too!
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29/02/2012 at 3:38 pm
You’re back !!!!
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29/02/2012 at 9:04 pm
I really miss the blogs, Inzwakazi. 😀
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29/02/2012 at 4:08 pm
Dawn is a great celestial event we are blessed with… which is inspiring both in its silence as well as with its coos, cacklings and chirpings. Welcome back, Denise!
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29/02/2012 at 9:05 pm
It is a beauiful time of day, summer and winter, Sunamu. 🙂
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29/02/2012 at 4:23 pm
This poem took me back a few years to when we lived in Jo’burg. Those Hadedas used to wake me every morning. 😉
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29/02/2012 at 9:06 pm
It can be a bit much if one wants to sleep late, AD! 🙂
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29/02/2012 at 6:26 pm
Wonderful dawn poem, Denise – and somehow peaceful, even though hadeda calls are not much lauded as suitable for morning matins… 😀 These days (coming to spring) I wake up to more melodic birdsong, but in winter it’s mostly traffic and crows. So lovely to see you again!
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29/02/2012 at 9:11 pm
Lovely to be back again, Ruth, thanks. Hadedas can often be very raucous, especially early in the morning, but their racket does grow on one… Between them and the Egyptian geese… well, enough said!
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29/02/2012 at 6:32 pm
i had to look up the hadedas…birds…love to listen to them as well…heralding the awakening day…only i think mine are sparrows or robins…
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29/02/2012 at 9:12 pm
Ah, Brian, I adore the ‘littles’!
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29/02/2012 at 6:58 pm
Never heard of these birds, I’ll have to go and research them.
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29/02/2012 at 9:13 pm
They make quite a racket, Jeannie!
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29/02/2012 at 8:46 pm
Thank you Denise for a great poem. I love the dawn and early morning, so this rang a bell in my heart!
John
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29/02/2012 at 9:16 pm
Thanks, John. I love it too. You must be a mind reader because my next post is about ringing bells, lol!
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01/03/2012 at 12:22 am
Lemme tell ya – woodpeckers and mocking birds ain’t no pleasant way to wake up in the morning. But the cooing of the doves certainly is.
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01/03/2012 at 7:38 am
I also love the sounds that doves and pigeons make. I think the cooing is so gentle and peaceful, Carl!
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01/03/2012 at 1:05 am
I had to Google hadedas because I’ve never heard the word before; now I know!
Don’t know what they sound like, but they cannot be louder than hearing our kookaburras cackling and laughing in the mornings just before daylight. When there are a lot of them together, the sound is deafening! I still love them though!
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01/03/2012 at 7:39 am
Anyone who has heard a bunch of children shouting in he playground at break will know just what Hadedas sound like, Barb! They really shout at and to each other.
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01/03/2012 at 5:32 am
Nothing like the lullaby sounds of nature.
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01/03/2012 at 7:44 am
Oh, yes, Paul. But there is quite a difference between the soft sounds of doves, sparrows and little birds and the shouts, yells and honks of Hadedas and geese, lol!
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02/03/2012 at 2:55 am
Everything falls into place without effort. It is time.
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02/03/2012 at 6:29 am
And so it is, Ben. 🙂
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05/03/2012 at 8:09 am
I have a similar dawn chorus with rainbow lorikeets and magpies. It’s glorious!
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08/03/2012 at 4:58 am
Glorious – and hilarious too!
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