Night birds

"Night birds" is the fifth song of David Leisner's song cycle West Wind, which sets the poetry of Mary Oliver.

Date: 2011Composer: David LeisnerText: Mary OliverSong Collection: West Wind

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Night birds
by Mary Oliver

There are night birds, in the garden below us, singing.
Oh, listen!
For a moment I thought it was
our own bodies.

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