Poem of the week: Der Kleiber … by Sujata Bhatt | Poetry
Der Kleiber: Eurasian Nuthatch(Sitta europaea)… What’s the littlest thingYou can spin a poem out of … ?Michael Schmidt*Over here there are enough treesto make us feel sheltered.We hear it first, a loud song:the clear notes so sharp it makes us stop.But there is no fear we think, no pain.When we look up we see the bird:tiny, unlikely.You say it’s the only birdthat can descend trees headfirst.The bird hovers. I say it might fly away.This one has a blue-grey upper bodyAnd orange-peach underparts.We watch it climb higher and…