<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392437" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Time to Hear (Birdsong)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bird calls to protect the earth<br>She sings under the kitchen roof<br>In a magical, hypnotic trill<br>In quiet crystal notes of truth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even if we cannot name the bird<br>We can set our day's concerns aside<br>None of us are innocent now<br>Of making it harder for wings to fly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are we to say which of the species<br>Among us are worth less or more<br>A birdsong calls to protect the earth<br>It is in our power, to act for her</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's time to care while hope is there<br>It's time to hear before hope is lost<br>Birdsong calls to heal the earth<br>To repair what damage can be reversed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A blue note sounds and we give pause<br>A new note skims across the earth<br>The bird calls us to tend her roof<br>While our neglect can be reversed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[with thanks and acknowledgment to letter-writers in the New York Times: Jeff Fischer, Matthew Schenker and Paul Smaldino]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392437" data-title="Time to Hear (Birdsong) de Frank Bana" data-description="The bird calls to protect the earth She sings under the kitchen roof In a magical, hypnotic trill In quiet crystal notes of truth Even if we cannot name the bird We can set our day's concerns aside None of us are innocent now Of making it harder ..."></div> </div> </div>

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