Easy By Nature · May 15, 2026

Holding Their Names

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We carry their names all winter:

We carry their names all winter:

Black-throated Blue, Prothonotary, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Nashville.

The names held inside, half-asleep,

listening for the wind to turn.

And then, one blustery evening,

the wind turned and brought us gifts.

I walked into the park and the air was full of song,

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