Sunday, December 4, 2016

I heard a bird sing / Oliver Herford


I heard a bird sing

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

~~
Oliver Herford (1863-1935)
from The Century Magazine, January 1914

[Poem is in the public domain in Canada, the United States, and the European Union]

Oliver Herford biography

"I heard a bird sing" read by Josh Coulston. Courtesy TEB Creative.

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