Migration, by W.S. Merwin
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Prayers of many summers
come
to roost on a moment
until it sinks under them
and they resume their
journey
flying by night
with the sound
of blood rushing in an ear
From “Flower & Hand: Poems 1977-1983,” by W.S. Merwin (Copper Canyon Press: 172 pp., $15)
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