A Poem: A Field Guide to the House Sparrow

House Sparrows mate for life, the keeping of the nest becomes their bond. So famously sexed it’s said they carried Aphrodite’s chariot.

Uncaged in Brooklyn, delivered by boat at 11 months you too Margaret, adapted well in this city of immigrants.

If a nestling chick loses its mother or father another sparrow, hearing the babe’s cries, will bring food.

Now that you are gone if my begging murmurs are heard will Hestia come?

This article appears in November 2013.