World full of trouble
but Planet keeps on
keeping small things
bird on a wire cheeping
in bright sun lit
& in their nest upon the hydro
pole eaglets squall
hidden still
grey mother hovering
male's aloof white head
impervious to cries & traffic noise
gazing out upon the river
bridge fields the small
running food to come
(Grand River, Cambridge Ontario)
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
God be with you, my dears. You keep
the old bugger. I shan't be needing him!
Norman Douglas (last words)
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