Poetry Reading of "The Roadrunner"

I hope you enjoy this reading of my poem, “The Roadrunner,” which was published by New Verse Review.

https://www.newversereview.com/2-2-v-paige-parker

The Roadrunner
Elusive, flitting feet on red brick sill,
Orange eyebrow streak, and marbled white on black,
Entices me to test my camera skill.

I spot you darting from my cul-de-sac,
Past periwinkle blue Plumbago shoots.
You fly and rest an eyeblink, piggyback

A chain-linked fence. You forage plots for fruits
Of prickly pear and kumquats. You awake
In me desire to know God’s resting routes.

You lunch a lizard and green garden snake.
Too fast for hurried pictures, blurry bird,
If only you would still the tracks you make,

Then with what beauty would my heart be stirred?