Bonnie Robin (For Patti)

Bonnie Robin

I saw a bonnie robin perch 

atop a berry bush

Regal and serene she looked

Her plumage bright and lush

She sang a chirp and cheery song

That lifted up my heart

For that bonnie little robin

Showed-up on winter’s back.

Author’s note. I always thought this was too beautiful for myself to have written, and worried that maybe I’d remembered it from childhood??? I wrote it 20-odd years ago and I’ve searched to see if I could find an original version, but I haven’t. So, I’m sharing it with this disclaimer just in case.  

And the rest of the story? When our son was born (April) there was a little robin who came and either sat on the bush right outside our window or on the window-sill of our bedroom (yes, baby-bear slept in our room) every morning for two weeks straight. He sang like a linty, and I used to hold BB up to the window so he could see the little birdy. I always thought that little bird was a gift from God. Anyhoo, that’s where/when this poem was conceived.

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