https://www.thesouthernreview.org/issues/detail/Winter-2024/267/

Hoping to witness the fall migration, Jane McKinley discovers something else entirely in her poem "Late October in a Bird Sanctuary."

"Late October in a Bird Sanctuary" by Jane McKinley

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Kathi Crawford is a writer based in Houston, TX. Her writing has been featured in a variety of literary journals, including Bull, The Bayou Review, Flash Frontier, Full House Literary, The Ekphrastic Review, and The Write Launch. Her chapbook, consider the light, is available from Finishing Line Press: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/consider-the-light-by-kathi-crawford/. You can connect with her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kathicrawford/ or LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathicrawford/ and subscribe to her blog at https://kathicrawford.com/.

"Late October in a Bird Sanctuary" by Jane McKinley

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