In Flight by Joan McNerney

Sparrows recite litanies 

in wood. Trees grow greener

each rainfall, their leaves longer.

Shy nightingale, did

you brush against the moon

to get that pale down?

A tree waves wooing

birds who fly from branch to branch

looking for a home.

Congregations of wrens

winging off to choral practice

stop at bird feeders first.

An outdoor concert.
Which is sweeter, the flute
or bird song in woods?

Those sky champions.

Birds twittering their game plans

each Sunday morning.

Joan McNerney’s poetry is found in many literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Poet Warriors, Blueline, and Halcyon Days.  Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Spectrum Publications have accepted her work.  Her latest title, The Muse In Miniature, is available on Amazon.com and Cyberwit.net.  She has four Best of the Net nominations.