'Inaudible as force, a blackbird descends' Photo: by Alfred Kenneally on Unsplash

Poem by Jonathan Wooding

Parliament of fowls

Poem by Jonathan Wooding

by Jonathan Wooding 19th March 2021

Inaudible as force, a blackbird descends –
she’s charred sky-chaff, (I want to say) incombustible.
Winter’s bonfire’s out for this blank bird,