July 12 - July 16 Week 17/72
the sky brightens
coaxing colors to reemerge
before the rhythms of people
start masking the beauty
of the morning's tempo
blackbirds. catbirds,
robins, nuthatches and wrens
sing spontaneously to the rising sun
ensembles, duets, call and response
then seconds of silence broken
by the solo of a mourning dove