ice sculpture: ralph murre
EAGLE
HEARTS AND SEABIRDS
by
John Flynn
Pilgrimed
flocks glut the sky;
stippled
quarter notes spilt out
from
some sequestered staff.
An
orchard jungled, dappled by
ten
thousand shimmering
wings.
Their eagle hearts,
unbated
breath, endure
as
a sea bird soars a
thousand
miles off shore.
~
previously published in Lost Highways and
Living Rooms
