An Aching Song


…of sorrow

Image: ‘Nightingale’ by English School

The nightingale calls
an aching song of sorrow

tones of ecstasy
drifting from the blackberries

autumn winds compete
his melancholy rises
a whistling crescendo

© Ann Bagnall

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