Poem of the Day: "Clash on Water and Air" by Sierra July, Frequent Contributor

Clash on Water and Air

Sierra July

A rock skips

A cry breaks

With water’s ripple

The sound resonates

A bird carries it, another

Passing from beak to beak like fruit

Ripe, ceremonious

Lost on two sets of ears

Deaf on the ground

Poet’s Notes: I wrote this imagining two people having an argument in some remote location, where they think no one will hear, and having the sound carry further than they can imagine. Of course, the two won’t know that their words are being passed in birdsong, a language they can’t understand.