Carnival Yard
A poem
Thrushes back! Juncos!
Yard’s a-hoppin’ — towhees, too…
Winter carnival!
Whee! to winter! Yard-
hopping, too! Carnival’s back —
Thrushes. A junco.
Winter yard: Juncos,
thrushes, towhees hopping back
to a carnival.
Backyard carnival —
jocant towhees, thrushes, us:
oo, winter’s hoppin’!
Hoppin’ juncos, yard’s
a towhee carnival! Two
thrushes. Winter’s back.
Backyard towhees hush;
juncos stop hopping. Winter
carnival at rest.
after Brian Bartlett’s “Shuffles”