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BIRD

bird

sweet soprano,

singing solo

in an operatic dawn


bird

free-wheeling,

flow-flyer

on filigree feathers


bird

car-crashing,

window-bashing

feather dust on glass


bird

air-head,

worm-fed

hollow-boned creature




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Stephen Kingsnorth
Stephen Kingsnorth
Jan 30, 2023

I learned only last night about the hollow bones..!

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Unknown member
Jan 30, 2023

I'm reading this just after a goldfinch flew into my dining room window with a mighty bang leaving a feather duster imprint. Its taken a while to recover but has just fluttered off, sore-headed and bruise-boned.

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Alison Blevins
Alison Blevins
Jan 30, 2023
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I'm glad it survived. Mine wasn't so lucky😒

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