Ressurection

(Upon an Incident of Dying Birds, Midwest USA, 2023)

by Keith Hoerner

No wind flows

Through wingspan

No lift 

Force

No air -

Foil

Aves find 

Themselves 

As thrown 

Stones 

Beaks raking

Earth like plows

To sow dying swan 

Songs

*Golden

Seeds*

*Feathered 

Prayers*

*Sacred

Supplication*

To germinate and

Grow

And like Lazarus—

Rise and go

BIO: Keith Hoerner (BS, MFA, current PhD student) is founding editor of the Microlit ezine The Dribble Drabble Review, a Webby Award recognized cultural website. His work has been featured in 150+ lit mags and anthologies across five continents.