Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Songbirds

They arrive at gigs without roadies or rigs.
The setlist is packed full in the throat.
The stage is the wire, the limb, and the leaf.

Lovingkindness is preserved

in full measure as is belief

in the aura and shine of the heart.

 

From the birch I watch the man

standing alone on the street,

the one who is writing this poem

 

and so prone to forgetting his part

in the song that is always playing.

But there is hope for him yet.


~William Hammett



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