“Passerines” by Kerrin McCadden

A poem by alum Kerrin McCadden (poetry, ’14) appears at the Beloit Poetry Journal:

I want to tell you about the thud against the back door,
that my man says, “bird.” That later we see its tail
sticking out from underneath the siding. That its
tail feathers shine like oil, shifting purple to blue,

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