VINYL POETRY

Volume 6, July 2012

BIRDIE
Carol BergView Contributor’s Note

After The Ornithologist Beholds Plate 9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus Colubris, Writes A Love Poem To James John Audubon

on my lips oh your wild violet

your thousands of swallows please swarm my lips

on my lips the tip of your bill to the end of your claw

on my lips the longest location of your nesting

your falco sparverius on my lips

on my lips the naked part of your thigh

your white ibis on my lips

on my lips studded with your small islands

on my lips when needed your outstretched neck

on my lips oh you fearless bird