Jellico King once lived in the city. He worked for the Chrysler Electronics plant—first, on the line, welding together distributor parts, and then as an assistant supervisor. Bitsy, his wife,…
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Playing near the dried-up creek neighboring my house, I found an injured blue jay lying on the ground, surrounded by pine needles, one wing twisted awry. At age 8, I…
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I lay on my back on the ground and look up. In the space directly above me, a shape flitters in and out, back and forth. It is a hummingbird,…
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Gabriella has taken to staring out the window, with what I think of as a forlorn look on her face. She’s still “in recovery,” and she’s lonely. Although I hold…
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BALD EAGLE after Stephen Dunn & Ada Limon I don’t have children – and won’t – nor blue herons or red-winged blackbirds to show them while reflecting on refuge or…
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Featured Image Credit: The Birds of America, John James Audobon (1838) A sparrow in the house, my grandmother says, means someone there is going to die. I am a…
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Lass, I see that clever crow followed you in to the aquarium from the outdoor café. That ape with feathers is hiding itself, or thinks it is, in the nook…
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Ostriches, but no grandmothers [& then I come out on to flat land again, & see two huge birds descending into a field ahead on the right. From the distance…
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A man named Rob was at the park today. As we spoke, I noticed he did not dress to impress. He had a face that was getting on in years…
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Evidence Examination – Eagle Bag after bag, the evidence is collected Released from the place of custody Carried to the place of examination Recorded, the numbers and the tags Now,…
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Sonata In hills far from our town’s chatter— autumn birds remember what they had forgotten of their lives. Reflection Looking at me— a sparrow drinks of…
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True Story w/ Baltimore Oriole Outside of their mating season, Baltimore Orioles are mostly solitary creatures. Even in Chicago, they’re called Baltimore Orioles, even when they fly south to the…
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When you buy a house, no one ever tells you all its secrets. Foundation issues, maybe. A ghastly double murder? That might come up. But the fact that the attic…
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My father has a friend that’s an environmental police officer. Whenever a wild animal is sick or injured, my father will call him up, and he’ll come visit for a…
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