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The rains have peeled
M.S. Rooney
the painted bird
back to rusted tin.
I lift it down tenderly
remembering how it once
sang with pure abandon
as fall winds whistled through it.
M.S. Rooney lives in Sonoma, California with poet Dan Noreen. Her work appears in journals, including The Blue Mountain Review, Illuminations, Leaping Clear and Pensive Journal and anthologies, including A Walk with Nature: Poetic Encounters that Nourish the Soul (University Professors Press). Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
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