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Girl Bird Ready I called myself Wingspan Full, of the playhouse, ready to fly, running up the neighbor\u2019s garage my dog Pippin at my side. morning. On summer days after with my mother, I\u2019d go outside, and climb to the flat spine spread. I could see only what the hills to the west. I wasn\u2019t anything was whole and mine and sun-kissed, nothing but joy to breathe in. and I spread them wide, my feathers riffling in the slight breeze. perfect girl bird ready to take flight. In Jessica Barksdale<\/strong> is the author of the recently released poetry collection, “Grim Honey.” She lives in the Pacific Northwest. Girl Bird ReadyJessica Barksdale I called myself Wingspan Full,me up there on the top of the playhouse, ready to fly,just as I had in my dream, running up the neighbor\u2019s Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3221,"featured_media":0,"parent":1261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2093\/revisions\/2323"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Jessica Barksdale<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
me up there on the top<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
just as I had in my dream,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
roof and then taking off, whoosh,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
No one stopped us except<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
swim team, after shopping<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
push through the dried grass<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
of the playhouse, arms<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
I wanted to, the house, the yard,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
but my body, and my body<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
the light on my hair, in my eyes,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
My arms were wings, soft and brown,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
letting my whole span fill the space,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
I was nothing but beautiful, one smart, whole,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
the walnut trees, jays and sparrows, waiting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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