Lindsey Royce: An Offering

I want to go naked in the fields,

naked as hummingbirds

that sip from purple lilacs, iridescence

vibrant as the flowers’ fragrance.

In sunshine, bare-assed

as the day I was born,

but understanding

sun’s power to birth and kill—

both a kind of blessing.

Naked, I’d watch tanagers’ wings

beat with furious grace.

I’d embrace aspens,

breasts against bark,

intimate as lovers.

Death is immodest,

so I’ll give up shyness and sing love,

light as cottonwood seeds

drifting into whatever’s next,

into all that sustains, even me.

Copyright 2018 Lindsey Royce

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Western Tanager (photo: Audubon Society)

4 comments on “Lindsey Royce: An Offering”

Judy Brice
April 1, 2020

This is a stunning poem! Thank you so much, Lindsey Royce for writing it! Thank you so much, Voxpopulisphere.com and Michael Simms for publishing it!

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- Vox Populi
  April 2, 2020
  
  Thanks, Judy!
  
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John Tieman
April 1, 2020

I’ve just found a new anthem for my old age.

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- Vox Populi
  April 1, 2020
  
  hahahahahhahaha
  
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This entry was posted on April 30, 2018 by Vox Populi in Environmentalism, Poetry and tagged An Offering, Aspen, cottonwood, hummingbird, Lindsey Royce, Tanager.

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