Darling
As we stand before the window
in our private morning,
I reclaim the word
from all your past lovers
The sky stammers,
breaks into light, reveals
a palette of birds at the feeders:
blue jays, cardinals, a shock
of yellow finches
Our small world
sings its green vernacular,
its language of growth
Darling, I say
with the absolute trust
of the bird for its wing
A word-seed,
Love
Eva Tihanyi is the author of five books of poetry, including Wresting the Grace of the World (Black Moss, 2005) and Restoring the Wickedness (Thistledown, 2000). She teaches at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario, and is a regular book reviewer for the National Post. She recently completed her first short story collection and is now contemplating a novel.
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