✨ Golden-Cheeked Warbler
they are reckless ...
Golden-Cheeked Warbler
She can’t quiet down
not while spring is at its peak.
Where oak and cedar meet
she makes her home.
She sports white siderails
with black eyeliner.
Endangered, she’s a headliner
found along Edwards Plateau trails.
She’s never left Texas.
Her head, golden as the sun.
Her song, should you hear it, stuns.
Her loves, they are reckless.
In tandem she sings gems. Her goal:
Sing cold.
Sing tired.
Sing hungry and whole.
—Megan Willome
From Love and Other Mysteries, Resource Publications, Copyright © 2024. Used by permission of the poet. Photo by Daniel Mirlea, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.
Beautifly done. Wonderful ending.
Really love the catalog technique in this poem. An example of how it can work at its best. :)
Of course, I love this ending, too...
In tandem she sings gems. Her goal:
Sing cold.
Sing tired.
Sing hungry and whole.