Wild Turkeys Walk
Wild turkeys walk past the memory of snow, this spring’s first bird.
Wayne Ray
SourceLicence:Public domain
Wild turkeys walk past the memory of snow, this spring’s first bird.
Wayne Ray’s three lines catch a small seasonal turn. Wild turkeys cross a landscape where snow is gone but still present in memory, and the speaker notices them as the first bird of spring. There is no fanfare; the turkeys simply walk, unhurried, through a world that has just begun to thaw.
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