Swift Magic.
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As if plotted by common whim
fleet birds, flitting
like bats will stop for nothing
but hunger to conjour
magical speed while skimming
skies before migration.
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Swifts delight
in aeromatics, they fortify time's
regulation of orbit
in massed performance organised
to demonstrate flight's
need of definitive plan of action.
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We know when swifts arrive earth
has revolved
again round the mighty sun's girth
for one more season
as shrill-pitched screechers turn,
dive, eat on the wing
and flirt wildly with air as whirling
beats drone high overhead.
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In-built beauty of quick movement
takes steep rolling dips
amid overt screaming that opens
to smooth dynamics as
sound of bird-fervour approaches
in feathered unison.
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Swifts observed
in migrant action present mystery
deemed as matchless,
humans gasping at massed infinite
wheeling of myriads
are naturally awed and some wish
just once to spread
wisdom's wings and fly like these
migratory-guided
swiflty gliding collections of birds
now looking as late
summer advances to gather again.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
Offline) - Published: July 6th, 2018 03:35
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Swift are wondrous birds, I have had the honour to touch a swift that was stuck in the entrance to its nesting area in a building that I was working in.
You always know it is summer when the swifts appear.
That must have been a wonderful experience Goldi - something to always remember and as you say an honour to even touch a swift. Thanks for sharing it with us in this lovely comment.
Ahhhhhhhhhh YES FAY ~ Thanks for a beautiful Tone Poem I can both see & hear them ! Love the visual so evocative. Weather ~ Customs ~ Bird & Bees etc are all harbingers of the Seasons in the UK ~ We are more blessed than we realise ~ AMEN ~ My Poem today is on WEATHER with a ditty by the Late Great BING CROSBY who influenced all the Great Ballad singer from Sinatra onwards ~ who all wanted to "Sing like Bing" Yours as always BRIAN !
We certainly are more blessed than we realize dear Brian with sights of bird migration and many other wonders which appear on time and in season. Thanks for your welcome comment.
Lovely write Fay. I enjoy seeing large flocks of birds.
They are breathtaking sights I agree - - - so pleased the read brought back a few memories of seeing migration on the scale of such multitudes. Thanks for your comment my friend.
My dear Fay,
Great structure and tone
to your wonderful write!
Your poem conjures a
magical vision of these
creatures migrating!
It’s fascinating to watch
these swifts in flight!
~Laura~
Dear Laura - your comments are always so encouraging and thank you for reading the tribute I thought swifts deserve as they face such distances in migration. Nature can teach us so much .
Wonderful birds and a wonderful write dear Fay.
Ah - - so kind of you to say so dear Michael - - migrating birds hold centre stage and the tribute to swifts is worth a few poetic lines you will agree. Glad you enjoyed the read.
A lovely write Fay.
Thanks Orchi -- birds are a gift to our lives here on earth as you will agree.Swifts in flight are awesome.
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