But poetry takes ken of a bare hundred, and of even these a third are so casually mentioned that, virtually, they are useless to the text, and, so far as they contribute any special significance, ...

Two birds came upon a crust of bread lying on the path through the woods. “Please, after you,” said the first bird. “No, you saw the crust before I did, you eat first,” replied the second. “No I ...

In 2021, the second full year of the pandemic, I began to go outside more after a year of intense insideness. Like others, I started noticing what I had not known how to see previously: the arching of ...

Mary Yurkoviitch recently spoke to members of the Pasadena Poetry Society about “The Sibley Guide to Bird Life.” Yurkovitch said at first she didn’t see the relationship, but because she loves birds, ...

Craig Morgan Teicher reads "The Virtues of Birds," a fable from his book, "Cradle Book." Craig Morgan Teicher is a poet, critic and freelance writer. His first book of poems, "Brenda Is in the Room ...

Mother Nature doesn’t rest. The snow falls and creates a test. The bird feeders have been filled. And the sunflower seeds are chilled. The birds find nutty nourishment best. A mix of feeder seeds ...