The Dipper Poem by Liam ó Comáin

For half an hour or more
The short tailed dipper
Rapidly flew, low but
Direct, along a medium
Stretch of the river;
Interspersed with moments
Of swimming on or under
The crystal flow, while
Feeding on the river bed...

Sturdy legged on little rocks;
Singing with short, high, grating
And explosive notes, with a
Scatter of liquid warbling.

A solitary plunger into rapid
Streams prefaced with a short
'Zit' or metallic 'clink'...

This wren shaped bird garners
My attention, as motionless I
Observe from an old river bridge.