Poem May 13, 1961 Issue

ON GENTLE WORD

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Oh, let it never bear a sting—
the thought you think. Make it a bird!
Oh, feather it with love, and wing
it carefully on gentle word.
Then it will rise and sweetly sing,
and bless wherever it is heard.

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

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