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Janisse Ray's avatar

Great poem.

Cathy R. Payne's avatar

Thank you, MK, for publishing this again. I had never read it. It’s a lovely poem.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you.

James Murdock's avatar

Great imagist work without going too much into the meaning of it all. You invite the reader to think more about it. I love wrens! Always admired their industriousness. Wondering now if that is because the value of industriousness has been drilled into me.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, friend.

Katharine Beckett Winship's avatar

i love this!!!🫶🏼

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Katharine. Been thinking of you and your neighbors in the midst of recent rainfall and reports of flooding.

LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

So lovely.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, LeeAnn.

Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

A poem as delicately constructed as the wren’s nest it describes.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Melanie.

Allison Gilmore's avatar

MK, I so very much love and admire your ability to notice and help others to see the extraordinary interconnections among all living things. Most of us would have never noticed the profound significance of finding a strip of cellophane saying "Tear here" along with some cat fur in the remains of an abandoned wrens nest.

MK Creel's avatar

Thanks for sharing your impressions.

Gaye's avatar

Beautiful, thank you

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you for reading, Gaye.

Ray Zimmerman's avatar

A lovely poem.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Ray.

Michela Griffith's avatar

It was a joy to read your poem this morning.

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Michela!

Gabriel B.'s avatar

The bluebird box detail gives this a patient, careful opening.

Crabgod Academy's avatar

Love this!

MK Creel's avatar

Thank you.