PHYLLIS BECK KATZ, POET
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POEMS/ Prayer

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Prayer

may I change
from a tethered falcon                   
in leather-gloved captivity
hard-gripped
until fingers open                   
with the gift of new flight

may I circle                                                             
wide
into endless sky                                                       
watch movement                          
deep down in tall grass
written in the sound of sparrow wings
or bound in bird song fallen quiet

may I be
the spirit of a wind-hover                            
high shadow
observing a mouse                           
 as it nibbles the grass   
a bull frog                                     
hopping pond-wards 
a rabbit’s tuft of fur                    
left on a thorned branch
in its scramble to find shelter
a fish diving
beneath sweet water rushes            

may my eyes open 
like a raptor  
un-spelling words                                        
thoughts buried blind
on the blank page

To appear in Prey Tell: A Collection of Raptor Poetry, 2016

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