Little Wren
builds a nest
outside the window’s frame
within a house
suspended,
pendant,
beneath the sheltering
azalea.
Industrious,
he stuffs it full,
a perfection
of twigs and sticks
collected and thrust
through a hole
cut just large enough
to permit his entry.
Bold creature,
far larger in spirit
than his diminutive frame
suggests,
he sings the yard’s
perimeter,
claims it as his own
with staccato notes
hurled upon the air
in rapid punctuation.
Little king —
I am an earthbound peasant,
well pleased to occupy
the earth beneath
your aerial
realm.
— C.Birde, 7/17
10 Comments
So wonderful! I have a clear vision now.
Thank you, Colleen — he’s such a busy little neighbor, with such a strong and beautiful voice! And, incidentally, he’s on his second nest…I’ll have to be patient to see if this one is as successful as the previous one 🙂
i would like to have a book of yours so that i could open a page each day to be spiritually energized by your poetry and photos. do you think you can arrange that? this poem is an example of what i mean. i admire the creativity of “he sings the yard’s/ perimeter” and i enjoy the details about the nest-building.
Oh, thank you so much, Sanberdooboy — such kind encouragement is the best nourishment 🙂 I will never move mountains or part oceans or change the course of rivers, but I hope I can focus on and magnify the everyday small miracles that bind us together. Mother Teresa: “…do small things with great love.” If I ever get around to putting any sort of book into the real world, you’ll be among the first to know 🙂
See I’m not the only one who wants to read your books, see I said books, go ahead and share with the world, you can do this 📕📗📘📙😉😘
Really, I promise, I’m working on it…but I’m so slow! I’m combing over the first one right now, trying to prep it for submission…I’ve gotten feedback on the second one, which gives me great guidance…so naturally, the one I’d most recently started is languishing! But I’ve definitely got my hands full 🙂
Oh and I love your poem, you created a true image of one of my favourite birds, and how they go about their daily routine, busy little things they are so dainty. Love them 💚
And thank you! 🙂 I fall in love completely with each little creature that visits our yard. Now, I just have to keep from frightening the bunny…! (He hides under the liriope in the back yard…I never see him till I’m upon him!)
You are my Beatrix in USA 🐰 💚
Wow! Thank you! I consider that incredibly high praise! 🙂