Hymns whistled from a stand of trees,
light that falls in waves across the face
of morning, a gleeful wind that turns
away all thought:
you have only the skywide space
of a single breath to rise, unspoken for.
Any day offering itself to you like this,
would you refuse?
The day you can hold in your arms as yours
is the one that will love you back utterly
through the succulent and the unripe hours,
the one that deposes the future, crowning instead
this moment, the day you know yourself
as the praise of birds, as fully here—and enough—
as four letter words singing
good holy love, amen.
This poem was first published in “Nostalgia” in 2001 and then again in North Shore Magazine in 2004. It’s a good reminder for me on some mornings.
Lynne Burnett 
Refreshing, wonder, beauty, air, breathe, sigh….. thanks
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Thank you so much!
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Now there’s a goal to pursue – “know yourself / as the praise of birds” – thank you!
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Both thanks and you’re welcome, Jazz!🙏
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Love: morning personified… “…light that falls in waves across the face/ of morning…”
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Thank you!🙏
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Lovely – captured my imagination right from the opening line.
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Thank you, VJ!🙏😘
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Most welcome!
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plenty of birdsong to go around
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Isn’t that so! Thanks, Michael!
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This is a moment that could carry you through many others.
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Indeed! Thank you for that, Ken!
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