I stand at the window and stare -
as I always do these days of early May -
into the sky
willing the swifts to return
to prove the globe's still working*
even though fewer arrive
each year.
In Greece they fall
from the clouds in freak storms
and fewer remain
to fly the plague bound skies.
It's early days
for their arrival
but still I wonder
is this the year they won't return?
* the globe's still working taken from Ted Hughes' poem Swifts.
**
previously published in The Poetry Kit.
Our first swift flew over our street last night!
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your poem. I find I do that a lot these days, relish the small wins and look for signs that things may still be ok, in the face of mass evidence to the contrary.
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