Maureen Eppstein "Fledging Day"

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Ann
Helsel

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Furey

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Shephard

Doug
Fortier

Gloria
Jorgensen

Henri
Bensussen

Holly
Tannen

Jan
Edwards

Jewels
Marcus

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Eppstein

Motherbear
Scott

Nancy
McLelland

Nona
Smith

Norma
Watkins

Sharon
Gilligan

Susan
Fisher

Ty
Moore

M a u r e e n E p p s t e i n & L y n n e Z i c k e r m a n

Fledging Day

The moment opens like a gift:
infant swallows on wobbly wings
fledge from the porch-corner nest.

Their twittering glitters in ecstasy
of blue freedom, swoop and skim
of graduation caps flung high.

Hawk and raven lurk,
a long migration looms,
the art of catching insects on the wing

yet to be mastered.
But for now, a whirl of swallow wings,
a celebration.

M a u r e e n E p p s t e i n & L y n n e Z i c k e r m a n

Fledging Day

Fledgling Day