Snowbird

Andrew is back behind the lens, and he treats us to amazing visions of owls and redbirds in a winter wonderland -- I immediately think of Anne Murray's "Snowbird" and feel the need to reflect. More words and images, discussion of the lack of outdoor snow, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info

Snow scenario

Cut out
like shapes of lace
across the silent face of white
they glisten -- snowdrops,
each a tiny labyrinth,
a frosty miracle --
against which silently more still
the turning mesh of whiter cowl,
deftly dappled, the shrieking eyes
gone silent, ever more silent,
aloft one owl;
and only the redbird makes a sound
and his only sound
is red.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn

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