“The swallows circle overhead, a sweet call in B-flat;
they carry our hearts with them.”
from “Solace of Swallows” in Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration, edited by Jamie K. Reaser and J. Drew Lanham, Talking Waters Press, 2023.
https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
https://abcbirds.org/dawn-songs-editor-interview/
©Mia McPherson photography Swallow in flight