Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
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"Learning to be Invisible"<br />
by Linda Simone<br />
From chickadees and crows I take my lessons:<br />
how to approach without setting<br />
<strong>of</strong>f flurries <strong>of</strong> fea<strong>the</strong>rs, alarms<br />
from tiny throats— all to be able<br />
to snatch a closer look, study<br />
brown and white striations<br />
or rainbows arcing ebony wings,<br />
note if a beak<br />
is tan or yellow, blunt or sharp,<br />
notice <strong>the</strong> walk or hop<br />
watch as persistence yields<br />
a worm or piece <strong>of</strong> straw for nest-building.<br />
I'm learning to keep moving,<br />
arms swinging steady and wide<br />
This gets me quite close—<br />
except for cardinals, red crests<br />
always at risk.<br />
No matter how silently I glide,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y stop <strong>the</strong>ir song, fly<br />
to highest branches<br />
and away.<br />
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