Sparrows
By Denise Low

brown earth stars
visible by day

feather explosions
in wind

reassemblings in the pine
shelterings in cedars

close-up sidewalk searchings
of each sand speck

gray dawn sounds before
sky awakens

— Denise Low is a poet living in Lawrence. Poet’s Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail with a subject line of Poet’s Showcase to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten (not handwritten) submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet’s Showcase. Teen writers should submit their work to the 18 & Under page at teens@ljworld.com.