Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RICE BIRDS, by MAIDI PAYNE



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RICE BIRDS, by                    
First Line: In the sky are hundreds of rice birds
Last Line: My lines of wash.
Subject(s): Birds


In the sky are hundreds of rice birds,
Companies of them,
Swarming high then dipping
Like enormous gnats,
Flying to the wild olive tree
That is loaded with soft black fruit;
Each with one they swarm back to the pines,
Leaving the dinner tree
To the next company.
Pop! they drop the seeds.
Pop! Spat! Spat!
Spreading the black stains everywhere
And beneath the pines blow
My lines of wash.





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