by Valiska Gregory
A cardinal in red velvet,
two doves in stylish gray,
four sparrows dressed in tattered brown,
a loud-mouth bully of a jay,
a foxy squirrel in brown-gold fut,
a chipmunk with cheeks bulged fat,
and in the maple tree a crow
as calm as a monk in black,
a nuthatch skittering down the trunk,
and gossiping grackles below ---
we see their trick-track twiggy feet
write messages in snow.
Our gifts of thistle, millet, seed,
seem small under endless sky,
but watching them feast, our hearts are full,
as if we too might fly,
from Falling Down the Page
edited by Georgia Heard
Roaring Brook Press, 2009
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