I.

Bird looking listening

from the bird tree near the porch

this perfect Vermont morning

 

Raven husky caulk and croon

floats across dew cloaked meadows

drowning soft Chickadee hum and flutter.

 

Bold Jay stomps and caws

tilting his head to eye

the peanut spot, demanding!

 

Sleek Mourning Doves mourn

and coo as they peck seed

from the ground.

 

A Red Winged Black Bird

strikes her crystal note

and flies away flashing red.

 

Then the Raven comes out of the tall tree stand

and all I can hear is the power,

the loud swoosh, swoosh

of her wings.