EGG UPDATE

Every morning on my walk

I check on the quail eggs

by my neighbor's mailbox

laid on the ground

in the sand

between the paddles

of the prickly pear.

Yesterday I saw

a small black lizard

race by the eggs.

I've never seen

the quail there.

It has been

over a week now,

or is it two

that I have counted

the eggs each morning.

today I counted ten.

I wish the hatching

would begin.

No that is probably not right,

once the eggs are laid,

the hatching starts.

I wish the pipping would begin,

that is when the chick

pecks through the shell

and climbs out of the egg.

Now, that will be an exciting day.

A day of new beginnings.

    It was fun thinking about the difference between hatching and pipping.  Here is a challenge, can you write a poem today about the meaning of a word?  You might want to use a dictionary and randomly find a page and a word.  Have fun and you are welcome to share your poem in the comments below.