Early morning bird song is one of my favorite parts of being up early, and this morning's songs did not disappoint -
Spring (Again)
Michael Ryan
The birds were louder this morning,
raucous, oblivious, tweeting their teensy bird-brains out.
It scared me, until I remembered it's Spring.
How do they know it? A stupid question.
Thank you, birdies. I had forgotten how promise feels.
About this poem
"In an uncollected early essay called 'Vorticism,' Ezra Pound wrote that things juxtaposed 'create their own relationship'- a technique which poets since have taken to the bank and sometimes robbed it blind. 'Spring (Again)' presents a pretty straightforward narrative for three lines then spends the last two lines in the speaker's mind. I hope the relationships are clear. The speaker is, as Emily Dickinson said, 'not me, but a supposed person.' I hope he's a little funny as well as sad. After a winter like the recent one, people may need cheering up." -Michael Ryan
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