BJZ Poems and Musings

Nest Revealed

unloading the clothes dryer
February
absent minded window stare
while folding underwear

in the now leafless apricot tree
previously unknown to me
a bird nest affixed in a branch’s V
empty of birds now
home to a cone of snow

did it once house
a brood I never met?
did they grow to be members of the gang
that frequents our feeders?

no matter
sweet mystery
revealed in winter
warms the mind ‘til spring

on to the socks

Brian J. Zink 2025 Copyright rules apply