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Trevor Burrows

Adrienne Rich - "For an Anniversary"

The wing of the osprey lifted
over the nest on Tomales Bay
into fog and difficult gust
raking treetops from Inverness Ridge on over
The left wing shouldered into protective
gesture the left wing we thought broken

and the young beneath in the windy nest
creaking there in their hunger
and the tides beseeching, besieging
the bay in its ruined languor

~~~
Celebrating a wedding anniversary today, and coincidentally thumbed through Midnight Salvage from and found this waiting -- so seems like a natural

Reprinted here, if you want something easier to bookmark: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-19

Los Angeles Times · For an Anniversary, By Adrienne RichThe wing of the osprey lifted over the nest on Tomales Bay into fog and difficult gust raking treetops from Inverness Ridge on over The left wing shouldered into protective gesture the left wing we thought broken and the young beneath in the windy nest creaking there in their hunger and the tides beseeching, besieging the bay in its ruined languor [1996] From "Midnight Salvage" by Adrienne Rich (W.W.