THE WRITE SISTERS: Poetry Friday: Dark Birds

Friday, January 4, 2013

All the dark birds,
but one,
rush from the river
leaving only the stillness
of their language.

-- Anita Endrezze, Yaqui

You can check out more great poems at Matt Forrest's blog, Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme.

Author Amok said...: Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this quiet poem. It made me think of written language as birds gathering on a page.; January 4, 2013 at 3:55 PM
KURIOUS KITTY said...: Are you participating in the annual bird count?; January 4, 2013 at 4:17 PM
Tabatha said...: Oooh! Very nice.; January 4, 2013 at 4:29 PM
I'm Jet . . . said...: I always mean to, Diane. Some day . . .; January 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Diane Mayr said...: Maybe Irish birds.; January 4, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Joyce Ray said...: So simple, yet beautiful!; January 5, 2013 at 11:08 AM
Mary Lee said...: Gorgeous photo -- yours?; January 6, 2013 at 6:25 AM
I'm Jet . . . said...: Ah, no Mary Lee. Not mine. I need to photograph some birds on water for my image collection!

Thanks for stopping by everyone . . .

Jet; January 6, 2013 at 3:08 PM