Song by Alicia Suskin Ostriker | The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor

Song

by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Some claim the origin of song

was a war cry

some say it was a rhyme

telling the farmers when to plant and reap

don't they know the first song was a lullaby

pulled from a mother's sleep

said the old woman

A significant

factor generating my delight in being

alive this springtime

is the birdsong

that like a sweeping mesh has captured... See more