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I Pray to the Birds | Terry Tempest Williams

Writer: IPM Team
IPM Team
Nov 25, 2025
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A photo of a flock of geese in a pale yellow sky. Overlaid is a poem titled "I Pray to the Birds" by Terry Tempest Williams. "I pray to the birds. / I pray to the birds because I believe / they will carry the messages of my heart upward. / I pray to them because I believe in their existence, / the way their songs begin and end each day / the invocations and benedictions of earth. / I pray to the birds because they remind me / of what I love rather than what I fear. / And at the end of my prayers, / they teach me how to listen."

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This poem was included in IPM's November 2025 Newsletter.

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