As Strong as Steely Silk
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem
No hints are held in songs of birds about
How soon their death will come. The wren can sing
Its aria but death will have its clout.
The wren will find a hard wire fence and cling
UK Bird Song – Wren Call – Bing video
To it while pushing out luxuriant
Perfection in its gush of notes, but death
Will eavesdrop cozily with prurient
Intent. That evil takes away the breath
Of wrens and rufous nightingales as well.
No matter how determined songbird sound
Goes on or overgenerous throats swell,
Their deaths will bring them silent to the ground.
..The morning after notes on strong silk thread
….Unending, nearly, singing birds are dead.