Requiem For A Shadow

REQUIUM FOR A SHADOW

while biking

I ran over

the shadow

of a bird

balanced on an

overhead wire

the bird

fell to the

ground dead

Biography: Dr. Singer is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut, and past president of the Connecticut Shoreline Poetry Chapter, in association with the Connecticut Poetry Society. He has had over 1,500 poems published on the internet, magazines and in books and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize Award Nominee.

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bird-sitting-on-a-wire-with-a-sky-in-the-background-J-1jyCw_b1k) 15. 12. 2025.

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