Mimus
Polyglottus:
The
Northern
Mockingbird
is a bird that likes to hear the songs of the birds around it and celebrate them, make them a part of its own song,
much like a poet does: I learned that from Walt Whitman, through his own mockingbird poem, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, in which he realized his primal purpose as a poet was to keep alive the songs that came before him.
It's a lesson that keeps coming back to me, through poetry, through nature, and by people I pass along the way.
--not previously published; photo from Thirty Birds
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