Rita DiCarne of Pennsylvania is our host today for the 12th day of VerseLove at http://www.ethicalela.com. She inspires us to write list poems, prose-style or with line, about all the things we love. It makes me think of Tom T. Hall’s song, “I Love.” You can read Rita’s full prompt here.
You can hear Tom T. Hall’s “I Love” here.
The Nest
I like going places~
camping, girls’ trips, weekend getaways
but I love coming home
I love bone-tired sleep, the kind where
you don’t move all night and have sheet imprints
on your face from the weight of
not carrying anything with you to bed
putting it all down at the foot
climbing in, clocking out, cloud-drifting off
I love waking up to dog noses
in my face saying Let’s Go Outside!
I love Skechers Slip-Ins for when the grass
is too tall and wet with dew for the regular slippers
I love opening the front door for the sun
to barge in, full of life and light and laughter
I love checking the bird nests, finding
a clutch of four brown-headed nuthatches
snuggled under mama bird on a
bright, cool Sunday morning
like a prayerful blessing of their own
a place where they will learn
to fledge, fly, and face a lifetime
of setting out and coming home
to their feathered nests
the places they’ll grow to love best
Common Threads 