What is worth more than a quiet morning
when first bird has yet to sing
and leafy trees
are full of the low susurrus
of their own song,
where top limbs hold a few high notes of brilliant sun,
as you, still abed in your easing reluctance,
breathe along.
Walter Worden’s poetry has appeared in numerous publications such as, Home Planet News, Chronogram, The First Literary Gazette, and has been featured on the Huffington Post and the Passionate Justice podcast. Worden has published two collections of poems and is about to publish another book in the fall of 2024.