Proust had his madeleines. I have my robins. The murmuring of robins evokes for me a quieter, more gracious world: childhood summers filled with the soft, shallow breathing of curtains at the window; faint scents of spirea and lilac; quiet, melodic wisps of song as parents encourage their nestlings toward sleep. Baby robins wait for … Continue reading The Poets’ Birds: Robins
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