<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420221" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The empty nest</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wind is raw, a sleeting rain<br>Has covered everything in ice..<br>It coats an inch of killing snow.<br>Take it slow is good advice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I clear my walkway of the slush<br>And pause to view my little tree<br>It is a dwarf non-fruiting Pear.<br>I had the City plant for me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In its bare branches is a nest, <br>An impressive edifice of sticks<br>Abandoned now for sweeter climes<br>In Spring a nesting pair raised chicks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I long to hear their call once more<br>They used to wake me at first light<br>But soon their chicks had taken flight<br>And all was silent as the night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do nesting pairs feel sadness when<br>Their little ones have fled the nest? <br>They never call, they cannot write.<br>I’m guessing that it’s hard, at best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In spring will come another pair<br>to nest within my little tree.<br>Once more I’ll be awakened by<br>that timeless avian symphony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420221" data-title="The empty nest de John F. McCullagh" data-description="The wind is raw, a sleeting rain Has covered everything in ice.. It coats an inch of killing snow. Take it slow is good advice. I clear my walkway of the slush And pause to view my little tree It is a dwarf non-fruiting Pear. I had the City plant..."></div> </div> </div>

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