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Autumn Birds

...like a sudden thought,
And heron slow as if it might be caught.
The flopping crows on weary wings go by
And grey beard jackdaws noising as they fly.
The crowds of starnels whizz and hurry by,
And darken like a clod the evening sky.
The larks like thunder rise and suthy round,
Then drop and nestle in the stubble ground.
The wild swan hurries hight and noises loud
With white neck peering to the evening clowd.
The weary rooks to distant woods are gone.
With lengths of tail the ...Read more of this...
by Clare, John


Mine Sweepers

...the Foreland--the first ebb making
 Lumpy and strong in the bight.
 Boom after boom, and the golf-hut shaking
 And the jackdaws wild with fright!
 "Mines located in the fairway,
 "Boats now working up the chain,
 "Sweepers--Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden
 Gain."

Dusk off the Foreland--the last light going
 And the traffic crowding through,
And five damned trawlers with their syreens blowing
 Heading the whole review!
 "Sweep completed in the fairway.
 "No ...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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