Robbie’s Inspiration: W3 Prompt #69: Wea’ve Written Weekly #poetry #birds

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Nest selection

The birds, they sang, in the early afternoon

From a hidden space, behind the palm tree

I saw a flash of yellow, heard a twittering tune

Snuck up close, camera readied for action

Picture caption: Male weaver hidden in the tree

Proceeded to spy on the newest, hanging nest

Which the plain, brown female was inspecting

The male held his breath, knowing he’d done his best

But that wouldn’t stop any forthcoming rejection

Picture caption: female weaver inspecting the nest

Don’t let it be “start again“, I could hear him think

As she peered inside and out, then fluttered about

Breath bated, he wondered if she question the chink

His planned response “That’s how the light gets in“

Picture caption: male weaver neatening up around the nest

To his enormous surprise, she reacted with delight

“I’ll move in right away, just move over, my dear”

He nearly fell off the branch, expected more of fight

Ignorant blighter, has no idea the strife’s just beginning

This is the prompt:

Below are the first 14 lines of Leonard Cohen’s (1934 – 2016) ‘Anthem’;Select any two or three of Cohen’s lines from below and incorporate them into a poem of your own;You must: keep Cohen’s words in the original order, but you may change the punctuation;Your poem should be no less than five lines and no more than 20 lines.‘Anthem’ lyrics

The birds they sang

At the break of day

Start again

I heard them say

Don’t dwell on what has passed away

Or what is yet to be

Ah, the wars they will be fought again

The holy dove, she will be caught again

Bought and sold, and bought again

The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That’s how the light gets in