Thoughts Spun Around A Nest Poem by Khairul Ahsan
Thoughts Spun Around A Nest
A crow is not the cutest thing to see,
It hardly holds any fascination for me.
Still I despise it not from my heart,
As I find it clever, alert and smart.
Just the other day I saw one of them,
In search of dried leaves as it came,
To my backyard's line of shedding trees,
And pulled out yarns from dried out twigs.
It was in a haste to build up a nest,
So it was busy all day without rest,
To collect dried leaves and grass strands
Flying here and there, in short errands.
As I saw the crow's efforts to build a nest,
I imagined activities it would do the next.
Mating with its spouse and laying of eggs,
Hatching on and on until the shell breaks.
Building a home is a scene that pleases me,
A home is the safest place one can ever be.
It starts with two, then three, four and so on,
Again back to two, when the children are gone.
Dhaka
10 September 2013
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This's a lovely poem! building...then back to being alone once again!
Yes............why a crow? ..... all creation come close to build a home for procreation and then depart when the task is done.............may be your imagination was ignited by the bird.
Thank you, @Soumita Sarkar for sharing your thoughts after reading the poem. I've just read your latest poem 'Spotless' and commented thereon.
The last time I 'borrowed' this poem was for my Sept.2018 showcase. Thanks again, my friend. : ) bri
This is planned for use in my Feb.-March 2023 showcase. But 'hatching' is incorrect; try substituting 'incubating', the process which leads to 'hatching'. ;)
now i plan to put this one in my September 2018 showcase of PH poems, highlighting those of poets from the Indian subcontinent' in Sept. thanks, in advance! i grabbed it out of MyPoemList. bri ;)
@ Bri Edwards, Thanks for reading my poem and appreciating the rhyming in it, and taking time to write the elaborate comments. I have read your poem 'The Raven Pair' and liked it. Shall put my comments separately.
@ Geetha Jayakumar, Thanks for reading and liking it, and for the kind words.....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A great poem! I never held a liking for crows, but it's true; life is life, and there' no denying it! However, I do wonder of the title Dreams; is is a crow's dream to have little birdies, or just a title? I especially love the first stanza: 'A crow is not the cutest thing to see, It hardly holds any fascination for me. Still I despise it not from my heart, As I find it clever, alert and smart.' Great poem overall, Mr. Ahsan!