ISSUE O.16 /fall 2025

for the birds

POETRY

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The Crows and My Mother

by Liz Ahl

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Locals' Night Out

by Liz Ahl

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Oracle of Steigerwald

by Michael Aspros

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Chincoteague

by Faith Barrett

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Nimbostratus

by Faith Barrett

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Sisyphus in Birdland

by Grace Bauer

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for the crows

by Anne Bergeron

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Mockingbird

by Tara Bray

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Carolina Wren Singing

by Barbara Brooks

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timberdoodle

by Corbett Buchly

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Soundtrack

by Soledad Caballero

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Young Vultures

by Richard Collins

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Waiting for the Quetzal

by John Delaney

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Flight

by Tyler Dunston

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Blue-Footed Booby

by Deron Eckert

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No Other Order in Ottawa Park

by Nathan Fako

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The Chernobyl Swallows

by Gary Fincke

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Bird World

by Flossie Hedges

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County Aviary

by Flossie Hedges

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Return

by Flossie Hedges

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Crow

by Dylan Hogan

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Come back

by Jeff Howard

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On the Marshy Edge

by Henry Hughes

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Birds can be drawn

by Judy Kaber

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Letter to the Librarian

by Tricia Knoll

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I Love You

by Nancy Krygowski

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Sexing the Pigeon

by Nancy Krygowski

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Luzon Dove

by Sarah Lada

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Articulation

by Donna J. Gelagotis Lee

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After the election

by Elizabeth Joy Levinson

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American Dipper

by Paul Lindholdt

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Bird Houses

by Barbara Meier

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Tower of Birds

by Carol Mikoda

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The Idea of Bushtits

by Kevin Miller

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If bees are few

by Jon Naskrent

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Lo’ and behold three lone goslings

by Jon Naskrent

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Bluebird

by Sam New

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Salt Marsh

by Cari Oleskewicz

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Tweets & Twitters

by Allen M. Price

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Cranes

by Robert Rice

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Tanagers

by Robert Rice

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The Hummingbird Addresses Human Anxiety

by Heidi Seaborn

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Morning Prayers

by Tabassam Shah

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Today a Bird Collided with My Chest

by Deborah J. Shore

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Pterodactyl on the Greenwood Baptist Church

by David Starkey

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Birdhouses in Bullet Holes

by Noeme Tabor–Farjani

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Day 79

by Noeme Tabor–Farjani

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Watching Caged Birds

by Noeme Tabor–Farjani

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An Unkindness of Ravens

by Cindy Veach

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Remembering the Black-Crowned Night Heron

by Cindy Veach

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Pizza and a View

by Kari Wergeland

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Barred Owl

By Kristin Camitta Zimet