(ink)
                          ↓
                      beak-full  
                         of  
                     black lines
                  /       |       \
             scratch   peck   caw—
               the page      the sky

             feathered        phrases
           gather in wind  
               of thought

          wingtip = quilltip
         margin = wire

            perch above prose—
           a stanza nest
      with twig metaphors

               (poem eggs)
               (still warm)