Greenfinches
‘greenness a thousand times more green’
—Dorothy Wordsworth
[song]
Now they are precision
instruments
for opening seed hearts.
Now they are jade lanterns
on a bough -
sweet-hearts and pair-bonds.
Now they are emerald
lamps lit
over the bird feeder.
Now they lime-light the branches,
bright
pears or goosegogs.
No green more greener
nor no finch
more finchier.
1 comment:
Enjoying these birds, and good to see an epigraph from our dear Dotty. There are still resident greenfinches in Dove Cottage garden, I'm pleased to announce.
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