Year to Date Months of Covid-induced sequestration helped me get work done as I multi-tasked my anxious brain into a mental fog. In February, geese and buffleheads skidded on thin ice in the Huron River while I exercise-bicycled indoors. In March, red-shouldered hawks and vultures coasted on the south wind as I purged files and culled books off the floor to sell or give away. Stacks of files and boxes clutter the study, email clogs the inbox, seminars keep Zooming me out of my comfort zone. April brings tired, migratory birds; I keep feeders full, shorten my to-do list. New leaves brighten the woodland canopy. Come May, spring cleaning and the dandelions must wait while I go to the Great Black Swamp, which is the Warbler Capital of the World. Copyright 2021 by Edward Morin
Bio:
Edward Morin is a poet, editor, song writer, and translator whose poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and four poetry collections including The Bold News of Birdcalls (Kelsay Books, 2021).
Author’s Statement:
The two poems of my own are “A Bird Story” and “Bolts in the Blue.”
The article referenced for my poem, “Year to Date,” is “Want to Reduce Brain Fog and Improve Clear Thinking?” by Thomas Oppong.
I write poems from personal experience, trying to make them as magical and dramatic as possible in the traditions of English renaissance and Chinese classical poetry.
30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review
I did not know of Edward Morin and will have to read his new book soon–or so old ones.
His artist statement intrigues me too.
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