Harlem Bird Flock

Happy Birthday James Baldwin some ornithological observations from Upper Manhattan

a living
volution

mass of
defined
moving
dimension

ribbons of
black flecks
flapping

folded and
furled

twisting
a bend

so slightly
contracting

upwards
it goes

unfurling
again

expanding and
broadening

towards a
direct swirl

river flowing
within itself

across the
Harlem sky


You Tube Music Video:
Charlie Parker, Ornithology

Harlem, NY
9/12/86

Author's Note

posted to commemorate the anniversary of James Baldwin's birth date

Reviews

[SHEEMA HUQ]

hi, this is an excellently worded and provoking miniture poem, and i like the subject matter, thanks