#Quadrille 100: Abracadabra! Where’s My Magic Wand? https://dversepoets.com/2020/03/23/quadrille-100-abracadabra-wheres-my-magic-wand/
My sign: I believe
I lay upon my bed
wishing for a sign
so I don’t have to feel alone
or feel the misery of loss.
I enter the garden
I walk among the stones
of those put to rest
forever.
Two Pileated Woodpeckers find me.
My sign.
©2020 CBialczak
Stine Writing 
Such a beautiful poem and such a special experience. I’m a believer in “signs” and it’s wonderful that this experience brought you comfort and joy. Blessings!
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Thank you. I have a photo above my work station of the shadow of one of the woodpeckers thqt day. It is to keep me positive.
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Called by to leave my thanks for your recent decision to follow Learning from Dogs. Thank you!
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Seemed like a good blog that would be of interest to me. Hope you can find something useful on mine. Thanks
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Thanks for the follow, and welcome to my blog, Stine!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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I was surprised by the ending and I like that. We are more connected to nature than we remember.
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Heart touching poem for me and indeed nature is with us, even if we are all alone.
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Oh, woodpeckers are a great sign. I have Red Bellied woodpeckers here.
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One of the things I learned this year is all the different woodpeckers. I have two huge woodpeckers with bright neon red heads. Before researching I thought that I had two huge Red Headed Woodpeckers, but no, they are apparently quite rare. Seeing the two pileated was awesome. Today I also learned that Flicker Woodpeckers like the cheaper suet from Walmart better than the stuff they sell at Tractor Supply! I switched and hadn’t seen any until today when I put in one of my leftover Walmart suets. Fine with me….
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They are so beautiful!
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This reminded me of the woodpecker who for a few days was on the utility pole in the morning when I went to work. It was definitely a sign.
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I believe in signs. Not everyone has the same beliefs but I am pretty sure of this one!
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Wow. This is a lovely piece. Clearly, it’s straight from the heart. Beautiful writing!
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Woodpeckers are indeed magic birds. (K)
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We occasionally have a pileated at our birdfeeder, but two at a time!? Now that IS magic!
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Right?!?!?! I mean when I saw the first I thought, okay is that Bob or Joey up there? (That’s my husband and son who both passed). So when the second one flew out of the tree I started bawling my eyes out! They both flew to another tree and hopped up the branches together. May I ask where abouts you live that you have a Pileated at your feeder?
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Very ‘out of the box’ luv that you intimated rather than stated magic
much love…
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Thank you and thank you for the new vocabulary word. Intimated isn’t a word I have ever used before. With all my writing I am trying to widen my vocabulary!
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That’s how magic works. You throw your wishes to the wind, who listens… I feel your wonder and joy in the words, Christine ❤
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Thank you! I believe in magic! (well, except for the creepy clown kind!)
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🙂
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Magic moment for sure. A fine poem standing alone, but after reading your explication, it emerges even more magical.
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Right?!?! Funny but it made such a huge impression on me I could never be talked out of my believing even if I wanted to!
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This is lovely, even though you didn’t use the word magic, I love the implication of it.
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Thank you. I didn’t have enough words to find a place to put that I believe in the magic I was surrounded by!
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To be found by such a sign.
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It has turned my life in a new direction.
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I like how that pair of woodpeckers is interpreted as a sign.
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Since my late husband, my son (who is also gone), my daughter, and I moved into our home I have been dying to see a Pileated Woodpecker. They are rare and I believe I saw one once a long time ago! I have been looking for years and years, so for two to happen in that situation I had to take it as a sign.
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It may well have been a sign.
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I believe even if everyone else doesn’t. But that’s what makes us all different.
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