Ornithology There is a type of bird whose mating call comes not from its throat but the inside of its egg. So, while the female’s shell lodges the lives of feathered embryos, the male’s encloses air. When it is laid the casing dries and shrinks and the carefully uneven surface starts to crack, releasing … Continue reading Two poems by Ben Parker
Tag: The Escape Artists
A poem by Ben Parker
One Place Out here the elms echo with the eagle-shout and sparrow-cry; leaves tune the wind; the only path is the one your trespass cuts. Your car is waiting at the forest’s edge with autumn already falling on its roof. You bag and bury your mud clad-shoes before rejoining the nightly homeward grind, just … Continue reading A poem by Ben Parker
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