Anagramming
—Sally Bliumis Dunn
Silent, the word
lifting off, only
its letters
in the white air
of the page, swirl,
rearrange,
then brighten
as though at dawn,
a flock of robins,
struggling to gather
in the wind;
anagram’s answer
lands on the lawn,
brown heads lowered
into thin green blades.
For burrowing worms,
they listen .

“Robins” by Leslie White, used with permission from the artist.