I could have done much more with that though.The comparison was conscious,
of course; but I didn't concentrate on it till now, with you underlining
it. There's quite a lot there. Bugger. I shall have to write another... I
seem to remember hearing that our local peregrine was rescued from where it
was actually doing ok. Not that I ever saw it; but I liked the idea that it
was there, predating the rats and late shoppers. Our police always go in
pairs.
L
On 11 December 2013 11:44, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> L enjoyed the linking of the precision of the surveyor and hawk
> Cheers P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 11 December 2013 11:23
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> Subject: Hawk over Croft Pascoe
>
> That hawk is geostationary,
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> wings undulating waves,
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> buckling and whipping towards full speed
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> our observations ululation
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>
> then slumps to climb
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> as we might move from
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> one height to another, to get
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> another's tiptoe view. Like a
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> surveyor taking measure, the hawk
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> mounts upon curves of a world
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> we cannot see, and moves on
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> off north-westwards, maintaining height
>
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