Osprey Chick
Hatch.
Eat, sleep, eat, sleep. Repeat.
Hop to the edge. Hop back.
Eat, sleep, grow. Eat, sleep, grow.
Hop to the edge. Stretch. Stretch. Hop back.
Eat. Hop to the edge. Flap. Flap. Hop back.
Hop to the edge. Flap, float, flap.
Flap. Flap. Flap. Circle. Return to the nest, at last.
Eat, sleep, grow.
Wake.
Soar.
Eat, sleep, eat, sleep. Repeat.
Hop to the edge. Hop back.
Eat, sleep, grow. Eat, sleep, grow.
Hop to the edge. Stretch. Stretch. Hop back.
Eat. Hop to the edge. Flap. Flap. Hop back.
Hop to the edge. Flap, float, flap.
Flap. Flap. Flap. Circle. Return to the nest, at last.
Eat, sleep, grow.
Wake.
Soar.
This poem is copyright (©) Elizabeth Thoms Charles 2025
About the Writer
Elizabeth Thoms Charles
Elizabeth is a member of SCBWI. She loves gardening, reading, writing, and walking in nature which occasionally inspires poetry. She earned a BA in Spanish and an MLS in library science. She lives in Colorado and writes picture books and mysteries. Her poems have been published in The Dirigible Balloon.
