Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SINGING BIRD, by SARA V. PRUESER



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A SINGING BIRD, by                    
First Line: The family tree from which you came
Last Line: The musical notes of a singing bird.
Subject(s): Birds; Singing & Singers


The family tree from which you came,
I somehow, hesitate to name—
Some lizard or hissing snake,
As fictional stories go that make
A curious something you are not;
But always puzzles me as to what
Your being really is. A heart
With latent strength enough to start
A drachm of hottest scarlet blood
And keep it going at swiftest flood
A thousand beats or more an hour,
Must have evolved with creative power
To change a sickening hiss to word
The musical notes of a singing bird.





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