I heard a bird sing…
Yesterday evening, we strung popcorn and cranberries and decorated our little Christmas tree. We have quite a collection of bird ornaments, and as we hung them by candlelight (dark at 5pm!) I was reminded of Oliver Herford‘s little poem, 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.
Hope and Light to you on these dark winter nights.
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look! we were saying this poem last year when our world was so full of snow. happy monday to you!
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I love this sweet bird, and the poem is great! I’ll share it with my little one… We just got a book from the library today about backyard birds in winter, so we can learn who is coming to our feeder.