The veins that gave life now shrink There is order in the grace of the fallen The finch that perched then hurtled off perched again Grace in her every movement awkward, sudden no premeditation finch without thought Nerves inform her muscles muscles twitch one moment to the next no preparation no air between action No air, no action
Barbara Ryder-Levinson has studied with John Brandi, Rachel de Baere, and Natalie Goldberg. Her participation in two writing workshops conducted by the International Women’s Writing Guild directly assisted her in developing poems. She has worked for fifteen years to hone her craft in an ongoing weekly writing workshop as well as an online writers workshop.
