Elizabeth Reninger: BirdBath

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BirdBath

by Elizabeth Reninger
(1963 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic

Taoist

Contemporary

only this
matters: this ecstatic
baptism

this standing on stick-
thin legs where the singing
creek pools at the lip
of the waterfall

only this
ruby-feathered
chest diving to meet
its reflection

this beak piercing
again and again that quivering
surface, these wings half-
unfolding, a ruffle

of joy guiding rivers
of light a tumble
of droplets dressed
in rainbows along your hidden
spine

shattering all
decorum beneath
blue branches in quiet

assent. . .

-- from And Now the Story Lives Inside You, by Elizabeth Reninger

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Themes

Bliss

Light

Silence

Smile

Water

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	And Now the Story Lives Inside You, by Elizabeth Reninger

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