Cuckoo Clock

Cuckoo clock
on the wall,
calling out
to one and all.

Little bird popping
in and out
tweeting it’s tune
to all about.

Cherished, special
childhood ‘toy’,
with every song
it still brings joy.

For long ago
when I was small
we had one hanging
on our hall.

There I would wait
to hear the bird sing . . .
and on the pendulum
I’d often swing.

(which is probably why it broke).

Corinne Fenton