Starlings Poem by Margaret O Driscoll

Starlings

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The awesome murmuration can be heard by all around
Then the starlings swoop down, strutting swiftly
Yellow beaks probing in the ground

Looking through my binoculars
their flecked feathers I can see
They rise into the air like locusts
to every branch of each tree

Sunday, March 20, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: birds
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rob Lamberton 05 August 2026

You have lifted the starlings into the air!

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Daniel Kelleher 20 March 2016

To view the Starlings in the evening sky in their hundreds swooping and darting is one sight to behold, Lovely poem Margaret

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Margaret O Driscoll 20 March 2016

Thanks Dan, it certainly is a sight to behold, 'swooping and darting' as you say, they perched on trees nearby yesterday, a miscellany of sound! !

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Edward Kofi Louis 20 March 2016

Can be heard all around! ! With the muse of nature. Nice work.

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Margaret O Driscoll 20 March 2016

Thank you Edward, it was amazing listening to them!

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