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Two poems by Ben Parker

  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 the first note as a signal, its pitch levelled perfectly … Continue reading Two poems by Ben Parker

Josephine CorcoranFebruary 11, 2014May 28, 2014
Poetry

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 another commuter locked to a private frequency. Delay can be … Continue reading A poem by Ben Parker

Josephine CorcoranNovember 21, 2012May 28, 2014

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