Flowery Speech — A Poem
Peony speech arrives perfumed in sunlight, A profusion of pink petticoats – raindrop bruised – bearing
Nightjars & Damselflies
The writing and photography of Carrie Birde
Dogwood — A Poem
Dogwood… or wouldn’t (as it might), each night arranging patterned blooms in hues best known by morning’s light.
Small Frills — A Poem
Frilled in pink blossoms, my heart — a flowering cherry — invites bees & kinglets & nesting
Narcissus in Spring — A Poem
Touched by light & shadow, the pattern repeats, reveals our slow surprise. — C.Birde, 4/25
Robins — A Poem
My approach shuffled the leaves of last Autumn & unearthed new Spring robins. — C.Birde, 3/25
Chains — A Poem
If you must wear chains, my dear, about your neck, your wrists, let them be of spring
Knowing — A Poem
She knows — deeply knows & remembers, all & always — while we stumble into forgetting,
White Oak — An Image
Weave me a cloak of ivy & a crown of feathered light, & we’ll walk together beyond
Snow — A Poem
Enough for a fresh start, to restore the whole, to fill in the marks made yesterday, &