Report #39

This week's poem came from a trip to Michigan's Mackinaw Island -- a beautiful, magical place (once you get out of the town there and away from the fudge and the "fudgies"). The single most thing that keeps this sacred island from becoming a tourist hell is the prohibition of cars.

The poem is called "Messenger (Bubo Virginianus)" and recounts an experience I had there; a visitation by a great horned owl. The stone I mention in this poem is still one of my most important possessions.

You can find this poem in The Moon Cracks Open: A Field Guide to the Birds and Other Poems.

Music for this episode is from the album Jazz Sahib by Sahib Shihab. The song "Ba-Dut-Du-Dat," written by Melba Liston, features Shihab on baritone sax, Benny Golson on tenor sax, Phil Woods on alto sax, Bill Evans on piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.

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Report #39