Potter's Inn with Stephen W. Smith

Potter's Inn with Stephen W. Smith

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What I am learning by watching blue birds....

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Jun 11, 2026
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We are still waiting for them to fly. If you’re reading these randomly, you might want to go back and read the blue bird poems in order—the order I wrote them as I am witnessing their new life emerging.

And this waiting is stirring up all sorts of things in me. Any parent—any soul—can probably relate.

Maybe today…

It feels good to write a another poem about what this is triggering in me as I watch them.

Stephen


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