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Yabber-yabber, do
bird,
it’s no ordinary thing
to hang a song in a tree,
to make a valentine of music,
sweet songbird,
on the vine.
Here I am
all blush and flush and flutter,
raptured full and giddy,
on your golden, wild wine.
© 2025 Jennifer Wagner
Again for Shay's word garden word list (still open for linking): flutter, giddy, golden, wild, yabber-yabber, and for Dora's dverse poetics reimagining (closed/too late for linking).
Photo: French horn hanging from a tree at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun.
Did you receive your hall pass from Zacky? I love the exuberance of this. Those French horns, leave them unattended for five minutes and they're off climbing trees.
ReplyDeleteGot it. I owe him a chew toy!
DeleteAnd you have, Jennifer! Made "a valentine of music," that is ... and how sweet it is! Mary Oliver may have inspired it, but it's your muse, your voice. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! Your kind words made my day.
Delete“to hang a song in a tree,” wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks much, qbit!
DeleteI love the idea of a bird making a valentine of music. Delightful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary!
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