first green flare by Sidney Wade

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makes the air   quiver and dart   the throat ache   to call makes   the heart cheer   the ear keen   to the sheer glorious   windfall of oriole   veery vireo            Copyright © 2015 by Sidney Wade. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “There is that single day, or hour, every year in early spring when the fresh new green leaves are dazzlingly lit from inside. This coincides with the return of the birds. It is ache-making.” —Sidney Wade   Sidney Wade is the author of Straits and Narrows (Persea Books, 2013). She teaches at the University of Florida and lives in Gainesville, Florida.   Photo credit: Marion Ettlinger Most Recent Book by Wade   Straits & Narrows (Persea Books, 2013) "Crisscross" by Arthur Sze "Diary [Surface]" by Rachel Zucker "Chansons Innocentes: I" by E. E. Cummings Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038