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1200-Year-Old Birdsong
An essay by Fanny Howe sent me in search of what she calls “a little poem by Priscian, the Irish monk who stayed in Switzerland in the ninth century.” Here’s the poem: A wall of forest looms above and sweetly the blackbird sings; all the birds make melody over me and my books and things. There sings to me the cuckoo from bush-citadels in grey hood. God’s doom! May the Lord protect me writing well, under the great wood.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
