Surge: Issue 5

Hymn

Rebundling what has come undone, / marsh stems now locked by shadow’s bond

by Wm. Baldwin

Rebundling what has come undone,
marsh stems now locked by shadow’s bond,
and lost to setting, fire-quenched sun,
in a splashing run the coots respond.

Exhibit next: dike’s stunted pines
commemorate with a stir and sigh,
while crucial to the arts involved,
appearance of star sectioned sky.

Wild smiling Glory in all that.
Small owl swoops down
to snatch my hat.

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