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Kim Stafford: Wren’s Nest in a Shed near Aurora
Three tiny eggs in thistledown
cupped in a swirl of grass
in the pocket of the tool belt
I hung on the wall of the shed
when it finally stood complete—
will be three songs
offering local dignity for
my country enthralled by war
in distant lands.
Stand back
cautiously, close the door
tenderly, let the future
ripen, grow wings,
and build songs.
Kim Stafford, “Wren’s Nest in a Shed near Aurora” from Singer Come from Afar. Copyright © 2021 by Kim Stafford. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Red Hen Press, redhen.org.
Also published in The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal, edited by James Crews (Storey Publishing, 2023).
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” three songs
offering local dignity for
my country enthralled by war
in distant lands.”
Perfect. I’m a big admirer of Kim Stafford’s poems.
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Yes, I admire Kim’s poetry and his vision of kindness and justice.
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