The Bird Born Out of Weather
By Al Maginnes
“And though he knows / five languages and a thousand names for God, he walks // to the edge of the settlement, listening again for the silver bird”
Al Maginnes
Al Maginnes is the author of seven full length collections, most recently The Next Place (Iris Press, 2017). New poems are forthcoming in Plume, ucity Review and many others. He lives in Raleigh NC where he teaches and writes.