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The poet W. S. Merwin wrote a lot about birds: birds singing, birds dying, birds “whirled in a rising cloud … dissolving, streamering out.” This poem, “Shore Birds,” was included in ...

The sound of birds can penetrate your being. ... Submit your original poem to J.L. Stevens, 111 New Hampshire Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801 or e-mail jstevens@seacoastonline.com.

On the misty gray-green cove an elegant black and white loon is awash in dancing rain drops. A blue-gray banded kingfisher pays no mind. He swoops. Then hovers. Then plummets through the blurred ...

Zbigniew Herbert was a poet, playwright, and essayist born in Lvov, Poland. He fought with the underground resistance during World War II. A collection of his poems and plays translated by Alissa ...

The poem, '40 Love' has been hailed on social media as both 'beautiful' and 'genius' with it's unusual layout mimicking a game of tennis By Alan Johnson , Social News Reporter 06:33, Fri, Mar 21, 2025 ...

Of lately A little before dusk I take a book out to the porch And read ‘til it’s too dark to see And then I sit and watch And listen As the robins and the cardinals And the others Grab one ...

Let’s talk about love. That’s what the people in this poem seem to be doing. The author and her friend, a scholar, are debating the crushworthiness of a certain “Romantic Poet.” ...