Nature
The Blackbird
From Poems and Phantasies (1917)
Nature
I stand in a sunny garden;
A blackbird sings overhead:
"I'm alive ... I've a love ... the sun's shining
And where's the man would be dead?"
"Blackbird, make an ending of fluting
That song down your orange beak:
I'm alive ... I've a love ... the sun's shining,
And--I am the man you seek."
Cite this poem
MLA
Nichols, Robert. “The Blackbird.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nichols/52/.
Chicago
Nichols, Robert. “The Blackbird.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nichols/52/.
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