My Swallow--By David Williams--England

My Swallow

I held you as a fledgling, all scrawny and weak
Your mouth wide open gaping for food
Skinny little legs and your head covered in down
Then nurturing you through your early days
To watch you learn how to dip and dive, to
Protect yourself from life’s big cats
Eventually you spread your wings and
Fled the nest to fly gracefully to pastures new…

David Williams was born in England and has resided there all of his life. He started writing poetry at the tender age of 14. He was encouraged to enter a local school poetry contest and went on to win it. In later life, he joined many local poetry groups and writers circles, eventually becoming chairman. He has had 9 poetry books published and is collating material for two more books which will hopefully be out later this year. He holds workshops to help and encourage writers to understand the many different forms of poetry. He has won many contests and is also a recognised poetry judge.