Who killed the sparrow?
We all did. People
form a single sling/er shot,
bam, the sparrow breaks
on a branch, song
like a pollen dot
drifting over new grass,
dew planning to revolt
against parched plums.
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Kenneth Pobo had a new book of poems out in 2008 from WordTech Press called Glass Garden. His work appears in Southern Ocean Review, Nimrod, Forpoetry.com, Orbis, and elsewhere.
tongues of the ocean 