Lost

[RiverNotch]

would it work better without [find]

i love the that beauty rises above ugly

It's a clearer image without find, but I like the lost/found play with the title.

I'll think some more about it, thanks for reading.

I like the poem's idealism; I wish the world was like that.
But that's one of the reasons I like poetry so much as it doesn't have
to allow for reality; stuff doesn't have to follow rules.

Around here a lot of the damn noise comes from birds trying to find mates.
If there are three, it's because two of them are males vying for a female.
Not that harmonious.

I'd keep that "find".

it's still harmony! Perhaps not of notes, but if you're listening to three birds trying to make babies, that's the most superficial point about it! LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART! or at the very least your gonads

The "find" does make the second line weaker, but I wouldn't remove it for the sake of clarity, in the sense that the poem wouldn't sound as harmonious if the connections weren't, well, grammatically clear. I suggest moving it to the last line.