Sidney Beck Poet Enclosed Rhyme

Dawn Play

DAWN    PLAY

Into the warm sunrise of morning
Out of the dawn’s dark trees
Two seagulls rise with ease.
Silhouetted in the clear dawning.

At the partner’s signal, both move as one
Effortless, silent, light
They wheel over the road out of sight
Graceful wings in unison,

In my car, I fly in communion:
For a moment  now, we soar.
The traffic resumes its roar;
But for them there  is no  confusion.

Which leads -  I cannot say:
One larger,  one smaller,
One leader,  one follower.
As one, a pair at play.

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Written  23 April 2011
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Driving one morning near a hedge, a pair of these 
birds burst out of the foliage and flew just above 
my moving car in the traffic stream  and kept pace 
for about 50  metres, then wheeled away, as if both 
were guided by a single command. The children 
and I were impressed by the sight.

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