Friday, March 19, 2010

Poetry Friday


The most common Romantic reaction to avian sightings is jealousy. The poet envies the spiritual and imaginative liberation suggested by bird flight, and birdsong leaves him with the desire to sing as naturally and as beautifully in his own lyric.

~ Billy Collins from the introduction to Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds ~

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