LEARNING TO FLY

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Of all the spontaneous art, none
more trustworthy, more enthralling
than the wild mirrors—of heart

and grace without guilt pulsing
to get free, rising with the ascension
of ducks from cattails, clear droplets

raining from webbed feet etched
to hang on white cloud walls
to draws us in—and then, like

windows out to where we might
want to be—like poetry, learning
to fly with words a little at a time.

 

2 responses to “LEARNING TO FLY

  1. Peter Notehelfer's avatar Peter Notehelfer

    A great line: ‘like poetry, learning / to fly with words a little at a time.’ How cumbersome when we lift off the water; yet how graceful our descent . . .

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  2. Beautiful, John

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