Some Birds By Their Sound Poem by Francis Duggan

Some birds by their sound they are not hard to know
The call of the pee wee the caw of the crow
And the flute of the magpie one often does hear
The bird who does sing every day of the year
Yet that of Nature i have so much to learn of is not a surprise
Since i hear and see birds sometimes i do not recognize
So little i do know is how it seems to be
Of the Natural World that is all around me
The greenfinch and goldfinch i have known since i was a boy
And hearing and seeing them today i enjoy
And the blackbird and sparrow take me back in time
To the place where i lived in my youth and my prime
But in knowledge of Nature one might say i have some way to go
And time it does seem it has become my foe.