“Three Brief Lessons on Worms”

Building on the idea, mentioned in my first post, that as a newbie blogger I’m like a baby bird learning to fly, I herewith present my very modest collection of birds.

It’s a like affair that goes back at least to eighth grade, when I won an essay contest with a short piece on a bird flying over fields and valleys. That’s it, just flying. Perhaps the competition wasn’t that stiff. :)

Peace to your !

Three Brief Lessons on Worms

I.
A bird is a worm eater;
Ergo, a worm is a bird feeder.

II.
the early worm
how quickly it becomes
the late worm

III.
After
The rain, a worm
Curved like a question mark:
Food for my children, a robin
Answers.

© Stephanie Malley
[This poem was published in the 2018 issue of the Loyalhanna Review.]

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