Matins Mystery by Marlene Brubacher

Matins Mystery
by
Marlene Brubacher

The starlings sit
In single file
And guard the roadside
For a mile.

I wonder where
They lined their choirs
Before the men
Invented wires.

© by Marlene Brubacher.
Used with the author's permission.

Marlene Brubacher lives among the mines and pines of northwestern Ontario where, she says, winters are -45 C, and summers echo with loons' yodels on sparkling lakes. A caretaker, editor, cleaner, and baker, Marlene says she thrives on rescuing abandoned books and growing poetry.

KateTompkins:
I love it.
Posted 08/05/2022 09:01 AM

Anastasia:
I'd never thought of that before! Very clever, Marlene!
Posted 08/04/2022 10:18 PM

Lori Levy:
Great image of starlings on the wire.
Posted 08/02/2022 10:29 AM

Darrell Arnold:
Clever, humorous, introduced me to "matins." Even rhymes her bio. -- mines and pines, caretaker and baker. I like this woman's smile and her work.
Posted 08/02/2022 08:43 AM

Gilbert Allen:
I share Larry's admiration for the poem.
Posted 08/02/2022 08:38 AM

Larry Schug:
To me the key word in "Matins Mystery", a title I like very much, is "wonder", used here as a verb, though its use as a noun shines through.
Posted 08/02/2022 07:21 AM

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