William Cullen, Jr.

Climatic Omen

Robins returning
in winter instead of spring
sing while it’s still dark
waking me early again
like they have something
so important to say
you’d think the world
was coming to an end.

William Cullen, Jr., a veteran who works at a non-profit in New York City,. has had his poetry appear Asimov’s Science Fiction, Christian Science Monitor, Four and Twenty, Rose Red Review, Poppy Road Review and Wild Goose Poetry Review