Susan Richardson created this for our September contest, using a photo by Fernando de Sousa. Several other entries used the same photo (and thanks to everyone who entered the contest!) but we judged this to one to be the most successful. Congratulations, Susan!
There were six winning entries in all. The others will appear over the coming weeks.
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9 comments in “migraine bird”
October 24th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Oh! Wonderful. I wish I didn’t know how horribly, evocatively accurate.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:00 am
fabulous……..
October 24th, 2008 at 11:33 am
This poem’s language is evokes incessant cawing and flapping, the need to escape. Wonderful blend of words and image.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I saw one a while ago. I was walking my tots to school, or back from it. Back from it, I think. And one swooped from a nearby tree and landed on the carcass of a pigeon in the middle of a road, and picked at it with its beak and picked at the red meat. And it looked just like this picture and answered to these words. My kids asked me questions about it all the way home.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Thanks to you all for your comments. I’m a poetry postcard novice but definitely have the urge now to create some more!
October 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Wow! Congratulations, Susan.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
[...] Have a look at Susan’s striking winning entry. [...]
October 26th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Thank you, Michelle – and for the peony moon post! x
October 26th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Ach! Wonderful.
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