Short Animalsriver Poems

Feathered Galleons

FEATHERED     GALLEONS


Swans -  eight white-sailed galleons

Bobbing on the choppy River  Boyne,

Without tacking, heading into the wind:

Flotilla -  organised, disciplined,

Sailing in line ahead through the spray,

Their feathers fluttering in slight disarray

As they stroked their way upstream:

White eight on a  watery light beam.

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NOTE

The River Boyne is a very picturesque river in Ireland.