the orange plumed robin's
belly is heavy
sitting on twigged nest-
at top of willow tree
black raven shrills ((()))
returning as birds
to breeding & nurturing
as rain drips-drums-
there is timekeeper
and mapmaker (somewhere)
as maple trees spring
red-orange flowerets & emerald leaves
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille with given word, MAP by host De Jackson. This is a 44 word post. Join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST.