motherhood (Remove filter)
Blackbird Mother
My wings are brown, not black and shiny.
I'm always peeping out through leaves.
I try and keep above the fear trilling below,
I know they are ingesting bitter roots.
And yet I swallow their song all the same.
The empty smoke of hope that arises,
as I am the Blackbird mother sitting,
gathering material and protecting you,
refined in pointless expectation.
I am a gust of failure that ruins,
...
Tuesday 18th June 2019 4:00 pm
Recent Comments
Mike McPeek on Fallen Leaf
3 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on The Forgotten
4 hours ago
Rolph David on Sonnet: Imigh Hotovely, Imigh Smál Damnaithe! Imigh is Póg mo Thóin! [Out Hotovely, Out Damned Spot! Out and Kiss my Arse!]
5 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on His Majesty’s Stay Out of Hell Cards: “Divine Right” and “Convention”
6 hours ago
Hélène on Elementary
6 hours ago
Rolph David on Spinocracy – The Art of the Fall*
6 hours ago
Rolph David on Spinocracy – The Art of the Fall*
7 hours ago
Tim Daly on Prayer for the Little Ones
7 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Prayer for the Little Ones
7 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Prayer for the Little Ones
8 hours ago