Casida of the Wild Parrot by Mark J. Mitchell

Wild parrot

escaping his home hill

leaving flocks behind

looking for his name.

Wild parrot

poison green and still

on a steeple waiting chimes

that might speak his name.

Wild parrot

restless on a windowsill

reflected trapped in time

repeating your name.

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Mark J. Mitchell was born in Chicago and grew up in southern California. His latest poetry collection is Roshi San Francisco from Norfolk Press. Another, Starting from Tu Fu was published by Encircle Publications last year. He lives in San Francisco with his wife the activist, Joan Juster where he made his living pointing out pretty things. Currently, like everyone else, he is unemployed.

A meager online presence can be found at https://www.facebook.com/MarkJMitchellwriter/

A primitive web site now exists: https://mark-j-mitchell.square.site/

I sometimes tweet @Mark J Mitchell_Writer