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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée—08: Graveside

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

3 crows on peaked roof

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 06—Noah’s Crow

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

black birds in grass

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 05—Poet, In Japan Alps

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

solitary black bird against winter backdrop

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 04—A Plausible Story

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 03—Magpie, Have You Seen My Sister?

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

blackbird on sand

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 02—Into the Woods

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

black bird on wooden post

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 01—Elementary

By Laurie Klein 7 Comments

black bird on plaza with brick building

This month, Laurie Klein’s latest audio series takes flight with crow poems from Megan Willome in Black Bird Soirée.

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Coloring Page Poems: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Coloring Page Poems The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush.”

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Poetry Classroom: Nuthatch

By Julie L. Moore 7 Comments

Nuthatch Bird Poetry

It’s poetry’s fault, this feathered specificity. Birds can’t be just birds anymore.

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Poetry Classroom: Killdeer

By Julie L. Moore 2 Comments

killdeer poetry

Welcome to the poetry classroom! Come discuss “Killdeer.”

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Tara and Birds: 2 Poems

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems of birds, corsets, a Chinese jar, and love.

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