Life, come back to me by Gillian Cummings

Life, come back to me.
Star in the fog. Lone

calf in the far field.
Blackbird nestled in night.

And the sweet, shy song
of the first spring rain.



Gillian Cummings is the author of two poetry collections: The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter (CLP, 2018), and My Dim Aviary (Black Lawrence Press, 2016). She lives in Catskill, NY with her composer husband and her parrot.