"I am 3/4ths Canadian, and one 4th New Englander - I had ancestors on both sides in the Revolutionary war." - Elizabeth Bishop
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Syllables

…. Whatever there is, or was, of affection
may it be said.

The barn swallows belonged to
the barns, they went with the church's wooden steeple.
& they flew as fast as they did because the air was so still ---

"Syllables," Elizabeth Bishop

(Photo by Brenda Barry, 24 April 2020)

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