Tree Swallow rests upon a rail
Observing traffic passing by
He puffs his chest and shakes his tail
A handsome fellow, you can't deny
There was a local park nearby
Tree Swallow rests upon a rail
He didn't even try to fly
While all around pursuits prevail
He sat right by a hiking trail
This pretty fellow wasn't shy
Tree Swallow rests upon a rail
A quite engaging little guy
His colors really catch the eye
Translucent blue in bright detail
I wished him luck, then said goodbye
Tree Swallow rests upon a rail
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Author Notes
A Tree Swallow sits perched on an Ornate Railing near a Park walking trail. It sat there unperturbed by hikers passing by. In fact, it sang to a few. I took his picture and watched for a while. He was still there as I moved on.
This poem is a quatern.
A Quatern is a poem consisting of four quatrains, where the first line of the poem ripples through each stanza. It becomes the second line of the second stanza, the third line of the third stanza, and the last of the fourth. This creates a rhyme scheme of:
Abab bAba abAb babA where the capital letter signifies the repeated line.
Written in tetrameter.
The picture was taken by the Author himself.
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