Corncrake Poems - Poems about Corncrake

...From deep within encroaching night, there sounds a solitary corncrake in the gloom. His rasping never ending call surrounds and echoes far beneath a cloudy moon. A very private bird, he still mu......Read the rest...

..."life is like a maypole", I heard him say through the cell bars I knew his voice, unmistakeable, rasping (like a corncrake) in a midnight field now I had entered his world, his maelstrom, his s......Read the rest...

...For all daylight hours of this magical season I lingered along the edge of a lake and Was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves And all sounds are as crisp as autumn air. The leaves fall and......Read the rest...

...From the Faughan river valley To Binevenaghs mighty brow I love these roads to travel Wish I could tread them now To in an instant be propelled Landing on that grassy slope That overlooks Mag......Read the rest...

...Europe was frozen in a tide of hate The genius Jew was being persecuted Bound to the intransigence of fate His violin played the tunes they executed Now it was time to think as they electrocuted The ......Read the rest...

...I’ve walked the roads with eyes closed tight On summers days and winters nights Never a car nor a van saw I Just me, the road and the cloudy sky My knees were bare and my face was too Braced ......Read the rest...

...Curlews crake against white limestone walls Their echo shrill in the early mist Wake those who danced the night before As bog sighs from heat release and black water buzzes The insects a top scoot i......Read the rest...