‘Starlings’ by C. Murray

starlings

the sea opened its avenue just now
pearl-throated I
they call              mother     mother
 

sweet the sun-in
     to walk up into it
 

and the starlings have come to peck the grass
round us
the young are screaming for the bread that is
at their feet
 

Starlings is © C. Murray

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starlings is by C. Murray