ressurection (upon an incident of dying birds, midwest usa, spring 2023)

by Keith Hoerner

for Rachel Carson

No wind flows

Through wingspan

No lift 

Force

No air -

Foil

Aves find 

Themselves 

As thrown 

Stones 

Beaks raking

Earth like plows

To sow dying swan 

Songs

*Golden

Seeds*

*Feathered 

Prayers*

*Sacred

Supplication*

To germinate and

Grow

And like Lazarus—

Rise and go

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BIO: Keith Hoerner (PhD student) is founding editor of the Webby Award recognized Dribble Drabble Review, an ezine and print anthology series of all things "little-ature.” He is also managing editor of Southern Illinois University’s renowned Crab Orchard Review. His award-winning writing has been featured in 170+ venues across five continents—and he does not see an end to his poetic passions.