Poetry: Farewell to Kenneth Brewer

(via Rigor Vitae)

Here is part of a poem by Utah Poet Laureate Kenneth Brewer, who has passed away:

WHY DOGS STOPPED FLYING

Before humans,
dogs flew everywhere.
Their wings of silky fur
wrapped hollow bones.
Their tails wagged
like rudders through wind,
their stomachs bare
to the sullen earth.
Out of sorrow
for the first humans--
stumbling, crawling,
helpless and cold--
dogs folded their
great wings into paws
soft enough to walk
beside us forever.