Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

Elizabeth Spencer Spragins is a poet and writer who taught in community colleges for more than a decade. Her work has been published extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America.

She is the author of "With No Bridle for the Breeze: Ungrounded Verse" (Shanti Arts Publishing) and "The Language of Bones: American Journeys Through Bardic Verse" (Kelsay Books).

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Origami Microchap

Song Feathers

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Elizabeth Spencer Spragins CVR Song Feathers 2020 Jun

Cover: Magic Blue Tree @LatitiaWilfert
w/collage effect by JanK

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Emergence

watersoaked feathers
wake in alabaster wombs—
a beak breaks the shell
and defiant daffodils
push through crusted sleet and snow

~Apex, North Carolina

Opening Notes

drowsy morning mist
rises with the lilt of loons
when a fern uncurls
slender fingers pearled with dew
stroke the strings of hidden harps

~Damariscotta, Maine

Rainbow Trout

a silent osprey
rows through air on feathered oars—
unrippled waters
hold a rainbow in their hands
and brace for untucked talons

~Deep Creek Lake, McHenry, Maryland

Empty Nest

a soft-spoken breeze
rocks an empty eagle nest—
leaves feathered with frost
cradle downy ghosts of young
content within walled edges

~Caledon State Park, King George, Virginia

Pallor

bold winterberries
blaze amid the seas of snow
where fields lie fallow
a trio of cardinals
kindles color from the cold

~Fredericksburg, Virginia

Metamorphosis

the faded goldfinch
sings an ember into fire—
a December sun
cradles notes of mourning doves
and melts their melancholy

~Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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