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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT WIND, by COE BOTKIN
First Line: There is a song in the night wind
Last Line: In marsh nest.
Subject(s): Birds; Herons
First Line: There is a song in the night wind
Last Line: In marsh nest.
Subject(s): Birds; Herons
There is a song in the night wind,
Sweet to little green herons
In marsh nest.
(It might have been harsh
Had the marsh bird sinned.)
Sing!
Sing solo
If you must, but --
Sing!
Sing with the night wind.
Fuse your song with carols of the marsh dark
Through the fragrant fern dusk.
Mingle yourself with the fern dusk;
Let the night wind chant a psalm to your soul
Singing, thinking silence --
The lonely last silence,
With the quietness of a little green heron
In marsh nest.
Other Poems of Interest...
PEOPLE AND A HERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS
HERONS IN WINTER IN THE FROZEN MARSH by MARY OLIVER
POEM OF THE ONE WORLD by MARY OLIVER