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Tag: birds

Micro Fiction by Matthew Chamberlin
Fiction / Micro

Micro Fiction by Matthew Chamberlin

March 24, 2025March 31, 20250

[76 words] Trucks Sometimes I think I too will die or merely come apart in mists,only to curl and re-cohere, as banks of automotive smog, …

The Metaworker Podcast | 015 The Borderland Furies by Oisín Breen
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 015 The Borderland Furies by Oisín Breen

March 13, 2023March 6, 20240

Episode Description: Matthew, Elena, and Mel talk with Oisín Breen about his poem “The Borderland Furies” and about his new book of poetry, Lillies on …

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae
Poetry

“Bird Calls over Puget Sound” by Sarette Danae

October 18, 2021October 17, 20210

There is no chirping from gulls, no chatter back and forth,No songs at sunrise or ushering in night. No lonely callsFor a lover to echo …

“Hope is a Blue Jay” by Rebecca Johnson
Poetry

“Hope is a Blue Jay” by Rebecca Johnson

August 16, 2021August 15, 20211

I.As snow settles upon the landand brings with it crisp, frozen air,I’ll hear the cardinal’s jarring callas it echoes in my anxious mind. The cold …

“Cardinal Sin” by Jennifer Fox
Fiction

“Cardinal Sin” by Jennifer Fox

April 30, 2021June 30, 20210

Julie stared at the cardinal laying in the snow outside her living room window. It was like fresh crimson on white porcelain tile which made …

“Mourning” by Oisin Breen
Poetry

“Mourning” by Oisin Breen

August 17, 2020May 1, 20230

Oisín Breen is a 35 year-old poet, part time academic in narratological complexity, and a financial journalist covering the US registered investment advisory sector. Dublin …

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell
Poetry

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell

April 27, 2020August 29, 20200

A pair of purple-throated pigeons entwine atop a post as our train passes by.  Their beaks lock beneath unblinking black eyes.  Breeze passes over the …

“Roots” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
Poetry

“Roots” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

January 13, 2020August 19, 20200

The villages grew wingsOut of their water hyacinth-fringed backsAnd took flightTowards the heart of a hot, busy, concrete-skinned metropolis That had the hands of steel, heart …

“The Green Instruction Manual” by Dr. Amit Shankar Saha
Poetry

“The Green Instruction Manual” by Dr. Amit Shankar Saha

December 30, 2019August 19, 20201

Take out a month of green from your April heart. Spread a quicksilver green on the whitewashed walls. Paint a gut-wrenching green on the palls …

“Grace” by Jeff Burt
Poetry

“Grace” by Jeff Burt

September 9, 2019September 9, 20240

I freeze, startled by the sudden flight of a mud swallow against the backdrop  of a tilt-up building, swarm  of chirping notes I cannot decipher, …

“What Do Birds Do When Bombs Go Off” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
Poetry

“What Do Birds Do When Bombs Go Off” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

June 3, 2019September 23, 20200

When bombs rattle the insides of houses, cafes, churches, Twisting and turning their intestines, Hurling their insides out, Bleeding them dry, What do the birds …

“Auscultation” by Sanjeev Sethi
Poetry

“Auscultation” by Sanjeev Sethi

November 12, 2018August 30, 20201

Halcyon and hurtful coexist in an apiary. On helicon’s rote appropriate ones reveille. In the middle of a horseshoe of memories I mime the lines …

“Hatching” by Lena Silver
Non-Fiction

“Hatching” by Lena Silver

January 8, 2018September 23, 20200

I was born an old soul they say, a quiet spectator mulling over muddled thoughts, about what I don’t know, perhaps a previous lifetime. I …

“To the Best” by Anna Keeler
Poetry

“To the Best” by Anna Keeler

April 3, 2017August 19, 20200

We sit on the precipice of Heaven and pollution; you hand Me an empty box and promise Desultory protection.   Our bodies, superimposed From two …

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