Sunday, 25 April 2021

A Tale Short and Sweet!

This chill persists – it blows our mind;

How come this April’s so unkind?

Through my terrace window cold blue sky

And my neighbour’s tree house perched up high!

 

Birds gather on the outstretched twigs

They’re light and fragile – nothing gives

While whippy branches, some with leaves

Form a bower in the breeze.

 

On sunny days, kids climb aloft

 A perfect look-out spot - this croft!

A ladder leans against the bough

An escape route for small kids’ pow-wow!

 

Birds build nests, that’s how they’re wired

Great skill and patience are required

So, I wonder if they pause to see

Whose home this outsize nest will be?

 

Two beehives now have moved nearby;

Will there be honey soon to try?

How this poet likes to tease

With stories of the birds and bees!


(c) Poet in the woods 2021




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