It’s April
and the trees are in leaf
and the chaffinches
are feeling broody
In the woodland
they’re building
their distinctive nests
I notice the coming and going
of the handsome male
with his blue-grey cap
pink cheeks and breast
and his reddish-brown mantle
Though wary of the female
he is positively on fire
and they will soon mate
There will be eggs
to incubate and
mouths to feed
until the young fledge
and so it goes
John Lyons
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