The birds have been busy at the nut-feeder. We’ve always seen lots of nut-hatches and chickadees, but this year we’ve had red-shafted flickers, hairy and downy woodpeckers. They are always a joy and I have to stop and watch, never mind the dinner or the dishes …
summer rain – 
red-wing blackbird swings
on a high branch
her empty
washing line –
a nuthatch
a woodpecker
slams into the window – 
electric shock
Yes, the woodpecker lived!
A Summer Father … Here is poetry … interweaving images culled from a wartime childhood with bittersweet memories of a “summer father”. Lynda Monahan
