Green Bird

BY Don Domanski

this forest has the weight of a book at rest one never written
never read no plot or storyline no author or cover only two
flyleaves and a spine little green bird you fly away and return
fly away and return they burn you they cut you down
and you return.

 

Biography

DON DOMANSKI was born and raised on Cape Breton Island and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has published eight books of poetry. His most recent collection, All Our Wonder Unavenged, won the 2007 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Two of his books (Wolf Ladder, 1991, and Stations of the Left Hand, 1995) were previously shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. In 1999 he won the CBC Literary Award for Poetry. Published and reviewed internationally, his work has been translated into Czech, Portuguese and Spanish.

Related

 

Printed from Cerise Press: http://www.cerisepress.com

Permalink URL: https://www.cerisepress.com/05/13/green-bird