"Faith Beside the River" by Jim Daniels from PRESENCE

Today's poem is by Jim Daniels

Faith Beside the River

Robins flock in winter
favoring survival
over isolation
blossoming from bare trees
with the humility
of tender blossoms
while the river's split ribs
of ice reach toward each
other for a brief frozen
embrace. Somewhere
there are trees
with dried berries,
the clustered robins,
together, will find them.

Copyright © 2025 Jim Daniels All rights reserved
from Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission

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