New Life of Autumn
Two Poems of Small Birds
A new world has arrived with the coming of rain. New winged visitors of various sorts have arrived also, and many birds that stayed quietly through the summer are now also coming out to see the world. Among them is the jet-black phainopepla, a lovely little crested bird of the flycatcher family. This sonnet describes one bird in particular—one which …
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