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Revision as of 20:30, 15 February 2017

... ("The Bushlark", 1958), a free-verse piece by the Rttirrian poet ... ..., who is credited with helping Rttirrian literature and poetry branch out from its long tradition of cynicism and darkness.

English Rttirri
As I strode through the forest, ...
I found a bushlark sitting on the ground. ...
She cooed to greet me ...
and lifted a limp wing to wave. ...
"So morose is the cry of the birds of this area," ...
I remarked to myself. ...
"Nay," she said! "I am happy. ...
"My stomach cries for berries, ...
"but I can answer it with beetles. ...
"My lungs cry for exercise of the wings, ...
"but I can answer them with a jog. ...
"My heart cries for a man or a friend ...
"of my own kind, ...
"anything for some pleasant conversation, ...
"but I can answer it with you." ...