Watching Swifts
Do you ever think
it possible,
or even likely that,
there
might be anything
more
enjoyable, in this
world of ours, than
the two of us ..
Just watching swifts,
as they duck
and dive and scythe
the sky
with their wings
and cut it into
bite size fragments
for us ..
While we lay here,
on our backs
with just fingertips
touching ..
Here, in this warm
beer scented,
pub garden, while
sharing
the last torn slice of
a king sized
Margarita pizza ..
Tho’ yet
still, with the promise
of later, for us
both to look forward to ..
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Just brilliant, mate. You really paint the scene so well. I can almost see the birds, and taste the pizza. 🙂
Now you're making me feel hungry too my good man .. Cheers tho' it is around teatime
Some seagulls attacked KP while we were out. I just laughed! lol.
Keep pushing your luck and I'll set the dogs on ya .. now be warned
Oh my... were they after pizza?
I enjoy watching the black little chimney swifts dart back and forth over the fields grabbing moths as they rise fresh from the earth in summer... those moths have about 30 seconds of life in the free air before they become supper. We have a related bird here in Texas called the nighthawk that soars hundreds of feet in the air and suddenly dives at top speed only to pull up with a distinctive haunting whirrr at the last minute. Watch this short video with the sound up. The dive is about half way through. Thanks for the images! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJXiFPnlIE
Thank you so much for the visit and the attached link .. both greatly appreciated ... Neville
Oh my... were they after pizza?
Beauty and summer!!
Yes indeed .. two of the very finest of ingredients .. thank you Alan
A wonderful poem dear Nev, reminds me of old times I've passed in my own life. 🌹 Beautiful.
Thank you Teddy .. true as true 🌹
True words Neville. I have actually touched a swift, they were nesting in the roof of a place I worked and two got jammed in the edge of the roof getting into their nest, I went up a ladder and freed them, a great honour.
Andy
Funnily enough, so have I .. years ago when at school one clipped a window and got stuck on the sill .. for a species that hardly ever stop flying, they have very strong claws which I was very surprised about .. thanks for the visit and share .. Neville
Everything to like about this. Back in the light. Finger tips touching, scented summer garden looking at the swifts. I very much like the contrast here. The movement of the swifts in a sky canvas, while they are grounded. You took me there and shared pizza. Fab imagery Neville.
You are spoiling me Cassie but I love it .. thank you my very dear friend .. Neville
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