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SWIFTS
This morning apple blossom, scattered by
the softest of winds, showered me like
confetti and, by chance, I looked up
into a deep, deep cobalt sky and there
they were – one, two then a third and fourth –
arriving perennially at this time
here each May. Monogamous, returning
to the same nests until they die, each
generation nesting in the empty nests –
each generation now, as it returns yearly
from the tropics, finding more and more nests
gone as buildings are renovated
and new ones built sealed as airless boxes.
Aerobatic harbingers of summer
then autumn, once flocking our suburban sky,
are becoming presagers of dearth.
3 responses to “SWIFTS”
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Your posting reminded me that, while you were on holiday, the swifts arrived in Guildford and I immediately thought of you, and when the three of us were in Palma and the swifts were so very swift as we watched from the balcony as they swooped around the rooftops at our eye level!
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This year a swift [s] has taken refuge in our shed, with the bins. Usually you duck when entering, as they always streak past. But does your poem mean this will now go on forever? Buzzed and privileged at the same time!
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Yes, forever – unless you ‘improve’ the shed or demolish it.
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