Michael Deegan McGurk 
Meanwhile Back at the Nest [EPUB ebook] 

Only through dialogue with nature and the animal kingdom can we hope to fathom the human condition. Such conversation enables us to establish a fresh benchmark by which to gauge the significance of what it takes to be human in a truer sense of the word. This collection of poems represents the findings of a man who is still very much a work in progress!beyond observer’s booksand climbing boysthere nests a birdthat only takesto wingto preyon feeble-minded mendesigned for toiland useful daysbut who stand too longand gazegathering sunlight at its tailit swoops unseenand strikeswith song caressesear and mindwhile talons gripthe heartand choke all talkthis birdpart nightingalepart hawk