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BALTIMORE ORIOLE by SARA V. PRUESER

First Line: AN ORIOLE MADE / HIS FLAMING FLIGHT
Last Line: IN THE DUSKY PINE.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; BIRDS; ORIOLES; WINGS;
An oriole made
His flaming flight
Through my garden trees.
And swiftly a light
Illumined an elm.
Like a wind-blown torch
It flared from an oak.
Then I saw him scorch
The half-grown leaves
In the trumpet vine
And start his fires
In the dusky pine.



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