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free bird
by Charlie Morgan
ive read good poets who could write the sound
of birds;
all kinds, write the sound in their poetics.
the birds in my backyard make a ta-weee, ta-weee
and i dont have a small enough letter a.
its a ghost a, one second its there, next its gone.
like the bird that made it.
08/17/2006
Posted on 08/17/2006
Copyright © 2025 Charlie Morgan
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Angela Nuzzo on 08/18/06 at 05:04 AM I really like this! The 2 intro lines are beautiful. I hope to be that kind of poet one day. I love listening to the birds around our house. We try to ID them by their calls, but it's hard to replicate the sounds. The phrase "it's a ghost a" is nice. One suggestion, to help the flow of the ending, I would add the word "just" at the beginning of the last line. :) |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 08/19/06 at 07:29 PM Hi Charlie. ...and hey, bud...I love this. Like surgical obervation. Just love it. Thanks. |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 08/20/06 at 03:40 AM lol... how often I have tried to think of a letter combination that would do it. In your light, charlielike way, you also get to that momentary sense of awe-full connection with these fellow creatures. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 08/08/08 at 08:12 PM i'm not surprised by this, chaz. you rock my socks every time. |
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