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The interior of the main cathedral in Parma, Italy.

Correggio walks
from dome to dome to dome to
draw out what’s holy.

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The pink-marbled babtistry in Parma, Italy.

Long arms at its sides,
the pink baptistry holds firm
at city center.

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A mallard flying out of a pond causing a big splash in early springtime.

Mallard like lightning,
out of the green pond in May —
we walk in the sun.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

The gray-backed warbler,
streaked, as drawn with black marker —
chest yellowed loosely.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

Sparrows chattering
in their house in springtime,
the warbler, quiet.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

My mother burns leaves,
I pull weeds under May sun —
the warbler perched, rests.

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A yellow-rumped warlber perched in a plum tree in early springtime.

Gentle on each branch,
quiet, quiet at each bloom,
the warbler comes through.

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A deer walks in a field in early springtime.

Color of the field,
knowing spring fills it all in —
the deer walks through it.

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A goldfinch perched in a sunny high tree branch in springtime.

Starting evening song,
the goldfinch in the ginkgo —
his beak to the sun.

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A red-winged blackbrd perched in a high tree branch in springtime.

His song like heartache,
he gives it away for free
to the whole forest.

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A Baltimore Oriole landing in a high tree branch in springtime.

His singular song
saved for this April forest —
up down and up down.

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A chicakdee perched in a tree with the sun shining through its tail feathers in springtime.

It’s getting later,
chickadees revelating,
there is more to say.

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A Robin perched in a tree with another in the distance in another tree in a spring forest.

Color coming in,
a Robin in every tree —
each one breathing life.

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A Canadian Goose standing on a large rock in a river in springtime.

He stood on a rock,
huge on the river bottom,
then stepped in the flow.

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A titmouse in a tree in springtime.

Earnest in springtime,
he pulls songs deep from his chest
that bounce off the sky.

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A song sparrow singing in a cattail marsh in springtime.

for Thornton Wilder

Who feels the prairie,
stops for the song sparrow’s song?
The saints and poets.

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A green heron stands perched in a tree against clear blue sky in springtime.

Just perched in springtime,
the green heron stands amazed —
at the sun, its warmth.

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A plum tree starting to bloom in springtime.

They move spring along —
blooming in the still-cold air,
balanced on bare limbs.

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