Spirals of autumn leaves Curl and twist in pale air Around the blackbird on the path. Feathers brush the dusty stone And dance through prewinter decay, And past and future are one, are present; Sun and star, dust and snow In his wings, contained. |
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First writing assignment for Poetry Chapbook Workshop. Written after Wallace Stevens's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
Could this passage work with a nightingale as well? |
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