Wren
all morning the cold woods sing
where a wren bold by the water is building a home
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 8 February 1666.
Dave Bonta
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all morning the cold woods sing
where a wren bold by the water is building a home
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 8 February 1666.
In just a few lines, this poem catches a small moment of life starting up in a cold place. The woods are chilly, yet they "sing" all morning, and the poem soon tells us why: a wren is building a home by the water.
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