Contributor: Juan J. Gutiérrez

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Feathers, gold, fall evermore from silent sky, forlorn
Tint of fire, immortal blaze, touched and it is ashen cold
In repose upon the ground, flick and flutter, summer born
Sundered gloom beneath its fell, spirits from the years of old
Bloodlines lived in winged' words, but from the lips are torn:
"Under the Sun's eye, painted in the sky
He is born of the air, the Summerbird,"
Bloodlines lived in winged' words, but from the lips are torn


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Juan J. Gutiérrez was raised in Sunland Park, New Mexico and now lives in Desert Hot Springs, California with his wife and daughters.