birds
 

I know there's a damn bird thread round here somewhere. BLOWED if I can find it.

Bstd Kookaburra:

when the eagle soared clear through a dawn distilling of emerald
when the curlew trawled in seadusk through a chime of wineglasses
when the swallow swooped through a woman's song in a cavern
and the swift flicked through the breath of a violet

when the owl sailed clear of tomorrow's conscience
and the sparrow preened himself of yesterday's promise
and the heron laboured clear of the bessemer uppglare
and the bluetit zipped clear of lace panties
and the woodpecker drummed clear of the rotovator and the rose farm
and the peewit tumbled clear of the laundromat

while the bullfinch plumped in the apple bud
and the goldfinch bulbed in the sun
and the wryneck crooked in the moon
and the dipper peered from the dewball

crow spraddled head-down in the black beach-garbage, guzzling a dropped ice-cream

ted hughes - 1972

Flying pills

Boobies!