Notes upon the Breeze
How Birds Sing
by Kay Ryan, from Elephant Rocks
One is not taxed;
one need not practice;
one simply tips
the throat back
over the spine axis
and asserts the chest.
The wings and the rest
compress a musical
squeeze which floats
a series of notes
upon the breeze.
Lisa Hannigan's new album, Passenger, is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2011.