Our American Goldfinch

His bold bright being
plunges past
swoops up
veers
swoops down
every which way...

A to B involves
all the rest of the alphabet
in the way they fly

Flickering

and the way they feed
upside down

Twittering

A thistle fed twinkle
doing all that Sun
and Stars can't do

Every orbit
a reason to reinvent
direction

and a way to polish sparkle
as another bright glint
lightly lands

drinks in glimmerings
and shimmerings
and song

every echo
of what might be

Our American Goldfinch

poem & picture copyright ©2008 Anne Selden Annab
The Fairy Garden Poems # 25