The Creator Praises BirdsA poem by J.S. Absher Vent and crissum,lores and crest and comb: Imade them all—thenares, nape, thosehorny bill plates—I infeathered trocheesmade them: peacock,sparrow, tufted titmouse,flitting jennyfilled with joy ofbeaking worm, of strut andglide, of pipingdouble on theirsyrinx. … Continued