Hymn

Hymn

Michael T. Young

Although the voice you gave me, God,
can’t sing with anything like beauty
I sing to you anyway. I don’t know
of any bird concerned about his
pitch or range: whatever his ability,
he pauses among the branches
and transforms the moment
into praise for the time he has.

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Michael T. Young
Poet

Michael’s third full-length collection, The Infinite Doctrine of Water, was longlisted for the Julie Suk Award. He received a Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. He received honorable mention for the 2022 New Jersey Poets Prize. His work has been featured on Verse Daily and The Writer's Almanac. It has also appeared in numerous journals including Lily Poetry Review, OneArt, Pinyon, and Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Photography by Gauravdeep Singh Bansal