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Murmeration of Starlings

Murmuration of Starlings

     On a sudden moment in the evening sky
     A cloud that rises, swirls and swirls again
     A murmeration of Starlings rise and fly,

     Lift and fall to the open grassy plane.    
     As shifting patterns fold and turn
     A cloud that rises, swirls and swirls again.

     A myriad birds swoop and churn
     In an instant to evolve and change
     As shifting patterns fold and turn

     As by an unknown voice to re-arrange
     Fluid patterns created not by chance,
     In an instant to evolve and change.

     In primitive display they dance
     Sweeping to the horizon then return,
     Fluid patterns created not by chance.

     Each bird by bird's place exchanged in turn
     On a sudden moment in the evening sky
     Sweeping to the horizon then return
     A murmeration of Starlings rise and fly.

     09/30/2022

     Entered  into 'A Flock of birds Poetry Contest'
     by Julia Ward

Copyright © Barry Stebbings

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