The thunder of wings ... - a photo on Flickriver

"Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees - like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?"

~ Mary Oliver, 1935- ~

'The thunder of wings ...' Large On Black
Taken at Keukenhof, Netherlands

Taken in: Nederland / Zuid-Holland / Lisse / Poelpolder (show map)

Taken on: April 11, 2007

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Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS, f/4.0, 1/400 sec, 69.3mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	69.3mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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