According to the “Diction-AERIE”:

aer·ie [ áiree, ?ree ] (plural aer·ies) or eyr·ie

[ áiree, ?ree ] (plural eyr·ies) or aer·y

[ áiree, ?ree ] (plural aer·ies) or eyr·y

[ áiree, ?ree ] (plural eyr·ies)

  1. bird of prey’s nest: the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, usually built in a high, inaccessible place

  2. secure building: a building, especially a stronghold, in a high inaccessible place

  3. old English version: meaning “to soar”.

     [15th century. Via medieval Latin aeria from Old French airie , from, ultimately, Latin area “level ground” (source of English area).]

…but perhaps this best expresses our meaning for the word AERIE

We come out of the nest on mountain’s top

To perch on it’s edge in sunrise

Looking outward in as many directions as we are

Views separate but overlapping

Each past and the manner of our placing here

Give us 360 degrees of interpretation and creativity

One by one or more, we drop from the perch

And spiral outward and downward

To settle on the matters of the day

Then spiral back at night

Looking inward, combining,

Resting for what is next.

We are the AERIE.

By: Emily Davis, AERIE Associate