JOHN WHEELWRIGHT'S DAY
(1897-1940)

Aware of the power
of water, sand ,tree
in the honeysuckle
by the Charles River
on revolutionary fields
at Boston Common
near lovers,grackles,graves
a poet's hushed light
of feathered warmth
from muddy streams
green moss,lichen,stone
to open the springs
by fountains
pruning lilacs
no song birds are missing.