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Visual Poem: The Nest
The Nest
 20/02/08 I built me a nest in which to reside Its walls full of holes its roof full of sky Upon floor lined with feathers and moss I do sleep So to bath in the light of the moon and the sun I dance with the stars in the theatre of night And sing with the chorus at dawning and dusk In treetops and hedgerows and bushes and copse In drainpipes and gutters and chimneys and stacks I build me my nest with the coming of spring And settle my eggs ‘til they’re ready and ripe Then I race to bring food for my chicks as they hatch To dine them on budlings and earthworms and grubs I nurture my young in this chalice of light As to summer I watch them arise When as fledglings they flutter and flounder to flight With hearts filled with glee as they race through the skies Singing their hearts to the freedom of life As I watch to delight in their joyful refrain |
