Very Edward Thomas, Arthur. Just what you expect from sparrows. This is
directly descriptive, which is fine in itself, though I kept waiting for
something else to be going on and didn't find this happening. If there is
criticism this is where I would place it.
bw
James


>From: arthur seeley <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: new sub: The sparrows
>Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:56:33 +0100
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>The sparrows
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>At the foot of the tree
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>roots have bunched
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>forming a cup.
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>Water gathers there,
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>a private pool,
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>still and warm in the sun.
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>They do not care
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>that I watch them come and go
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>from a nearby hedge,
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>ruffle their dun livery,
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>gossip and squabble,
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>duck their heads,
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>fluster ragged wings,
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>spray bright beads
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>in showers of sunlit water.
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>With meticulous replacement,
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>plumes are preened,
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>polished and redressed.
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>Then, bob and curtsey,
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>they supplicate merely
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>the daily scattering of crumbs.
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bw
James


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