DMC: "Nest" by Jane Yolen

NEST

Hidden on the top
of the green shade,
made of twigs
and shadows,
smaller than any
of my fingers,
lingers the tiny nest.
Best I not open
the window,
or let the shade down,
or that smudge,
nudged by a breeze
will be squeezed out of
sanctuary.
Egg-laden, unwary,
it will slide down
onto the deck, unheard:
a wreckage
of unborn birds.

© 2016 Jane Yolen. All rights reserved.


Amy Ludwig VanDerwater has challenged us to write poems about small things— animals or objects you see everyday and don't give much thought. Click HERE for more details.

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