http://gnarledoak.org where birds turn into words Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:21:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gnarledoak.org/2012/2-19-12/ http://gnarledoak.org/2012/2-19-12/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:20:03 +0000 James http://gnarledoak.org/?p=735262241 mockingbird morning
my son smiles when he hears
his first birdsong

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a lone mourning dove
in the rain

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the icy memory
of gangsta eyes

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as the mockingbird pursuing
a mate across the field

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the creek
rushes away

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I take off my shoes
and breathe

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floats on the thick horizon
a coiled shoestring

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winter melts away
in open hands

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hides
in the grackle tree

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outline the shape of wind
across a parking lot

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