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Dunnock

feel the hedge the dunnock had slept its lines a scribble toddlers had drawn he nested in a pen test on scrap paper edging fields in barbed wire branches sleep static acrobats on frozen trapeze

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Ink Empress

Date: 10/31/2023 11:48:00 PM

Ah i didnt know what is a dunnock too had to google , but your explanation below helped. I love the way youve written this. Your way with writing is so unique and creative! Absolutely loved reading this especially “ its lines a scribble toddlers had drawn“ and the last line! Sending you light today and always

Clive Culverhouse
Date: 11/1/2023 12:06:00 AM

Thank you for your time and support in reading and commenting on my poem, it means a lot

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 10/31/2023 1:25:00 PM

I wasn't familiar with the dunnock until I found it in your poem and looked up what type of bird a dunnock is. A unique creation, Clive...I especially liked the last line....enjoy your Tuesday, Sara

Clive Culverhouse
Date: 10/31/2023 1:34:00 PM

Ooh we take our wildlife for granted really, it never occured you might not have Dunnocks in Texas or even America, they're common hedgerow birds the size of a sparrow, I live in a very rural county in England and I see them a lot when I walk the dogs. They really are a bird surrounded by the squiggle of hedge branches.