Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird by Neil Ellman
painting by Joan Miró Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird (painting by Joan Miró) A little bird with its wings on fire by Neil Ellman beating faster than a hummingbird’s circles a woman afraid to move hears the beating of her heart and feels the shiver In her loins. She knows the secret meaning of its courting flight its twists its swirls the hovering fancy of its desire the urgency in its blood to touch and be touched itself for the sake of everlasting life. A woman encircled by the flight of a little bird with its wings on fire is not the least deceived by its cunning and deceit. Neil Ellman is a poet from New Jersey. He has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern art, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the worl...