Journey of Words

House Martin

Flipped from side to sideBy bursts of east windYou looped above the broadTaking an uncertain pathLike a notebook pageTorn out, discardedCaught by a stormy gustOn a Chicago street ~ n.b. First house martin of the year seen on Wednesday, 17th April, South Walsham Broad, Norfolk. CLP 18/04/2024 

Flipped from side to side
By bursts of east wind
You looped above the broad
Taking an uncertain path
Like a notebook page
Torn out, discarded
Caught by a stormy gust
On a Chicago street

~

n.b. First house martin of the year seen on Wednesday, 17th April, South Walsham Broad, Norfolk.

CLP 18/04/2024

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    kim881

    What a wonderful thing to see, Chris! I love the simile ‘Like a notebook page / Torn out, discarded / Caught by a stormy gust / On a Chicago street’. I haven’t seen any housemartins yet, just the usual pheasants and a heron on the moorings up here in the North Walsham area.

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