Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Flight of Blackbirds at Dawn, 1916; watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches; Private collection, Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
A calm clear blue sky – day – a few white clouds –
I saw swallows bow-shaped black atoms - skimming in the remote sky –
I have a feeling of lost poetry –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 6, 1915