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Still Life

Cullen Whisenhunt, January 2023

Starlings murmur
between boughs
of dead trees
draped over granite
and marble markers

Their wings
quiet as a winter day

Their feathers
black as night

Published in:

Exhale: McAlester Public Library Poetry Club 2022-2023 Annual

Notes:

Cullen Whisenhunt
Cullen Whisenhunt is a graduate of Oklahoma City University’s Red Earth Creative Writing MFA program. His work has appeared in Atlas Poetica 40, Ninth Letter, and Dragon Poet Review, among... Read More

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