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  • Morningbirds
  • Natalie Marino (bio)

her piano played/ in midnight shades/ of blue daffodils/ opening windows and praying/ to the air/ so her children/ would know/ the scent of spring/ after the funeral/ around/ the kitchen table/ they listened/ for God/ her house/ now soundless/ they unlatched/ the back door/ and heard/ the morningbirds/ taking flight/ from the still/ cypress trees [End Page 69]

Natalie Marino

Natalie Marino is a poet and physician. Her work appears in Bitter Oleander, EcoTheo Review, Leon Literary Review, Louisiana Literature, Midway Journal, The Rupture, Shelia-Na-Gig online, The Shore Poetry, The UCity Review, and elsewhere. Her micro-chapbook, Attachment Theory, was published by Ghost City Press in June 2021. She lives in California.

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