“Why I Need the Birds”
Posted on | July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
“Why I Need the Birds”
by Lisel Mueller
When I hear them callin the morning,
before I am quite awake,
my bed is already traveling
the daily rainbow,
the arc toward evening;
and the birds, leading
their own discreet lives
of hunger and watchfulness,
are with me all the way,
always a little ahead of me
in the long-practiced manner
of unobtrusive guides.
By the time I arrive at evening,
they have just settled down to rest;
already invisible, they are turning
into the dreamwork of trees;
and all of us together —
myself and the purple finches,
the rusty blackbirds,
the ruby cardinals,
and the white-throated sparrows
with their liquid voices —
ride the dark curve of the earth
toward daylight, which they announce
from their high lookouts
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July 27th, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
The bird songs on your blog are so wonderfully soothing!! Thanks for sharing them