The Windhover The Windhover "The Windhover" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written on May 30, 1877, but not published until 1918, when it was included as part of the collection "Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins". Hopkins dedicated the poem "to Christ our Lord". "Windhover" is another name for the common kestrel ("Falco tinnunculus"). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then
The Great Speckled Bird (newspaper) Ron Ausburn and contributions on art and culture by Miller Francis. The newspaper, affectionally known as ""The" "Bird"," was originally named after the country-gospel song of the same name. In 2011 Georgia State University made a digital archive of the "Bird" available online. The Great Speckled Bird (newspaper) The Great Speckled Bird was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 to 1976. Commonly known as "The Bird", it was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society. Founding editors included Tom