Birds seem to show up in my work a lot. That's why I decided to take a "Birds and Poetry" class at the U of A Poetry Center. We're going birding this Saturday morning, and I'm excited! (I'm a dork like that.) Hopefully I'll see some pretty winged things and I can take some photographs of them and post them here.
For now, though: the only piece of artwork I completed while sharing a studio at Solar Culture gallery last summer. It's entitled Lovebyrdz. Below that is a poem I wrote last week and shared in my class.
Take flight...
I don’t follow the Roman law
For now, though: the only piece of artwork I completed while sharing a studio at Solar Culture gallery last summer. It's entitled Lovebyrdz. Below that is a poem I wrote last week and shared in my class.
Take flight...
Augury
I don’t follow the Roman law
of eagle over
woodpecker but it’s true
I do have a raven
tattoo & it’s obvious
that Anna’s hummingbird
trumps Abbott’s booby
as for auspicious
the Abyssinian
siskin wins
with the dusky thrush & dark-
chanting goshawk coming in
close seconds
* * *
So tell me are you a brush finch or a tanager
what can I divine
from my dream about a merganser
how long are your rictal bristles
your filoplumes what color
what do you know about the evolution
of the feather
Apostlebird
lousy jack
grey jumper
who do you follow
Do you mingle with grackles
or are you a
solitary vireo
twitter in my ear tell me
what would jabiru do
& where will you roost tonight &
where will you flock to after
south towards cloud forests west
would you like this piece
of lint for your nest
how many seeds did you eat
last week how many berries
the egg you hatched out of
how many spots did it have
* * *
Abacomancy
This morning in our little
vineyard a thrasher dun
as the dirt it dug in
ciphered the dust
around the chardonnay
then cocked its head as if
waiting for an answer
but none came
* * *
what do birds know anyway
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