Kay Ryan, Poet Laureate




How Birds Sing

One is not taxed;
one need not practice;
one simply tips
the throat back
over the spine axis
and asserts the chest.
The wings and the rest
compress a musical
squeeze which floats
a series of notes
upon the breeze.

–Kay Ryan

Ah, celebrate the poet.

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