Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOMENTS, by MARTHA BRINDLEY DARBYSHIRE


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First Line: I saw a seagull
Last Line: Breathless in the dawn.
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Memory; Seagulls


I saw a seagull,
Clinging hard against the wind,
Climb a ladder of rain
Up to a low sky.
I saw the silver-bodied drops
Fall gleaming on his wings, --
Saw him, as he cut the rain,
Turn his head sharply
And gulp the cool fresh drops,
Greedy with thirst and pain.

I have shining thoughts
That escape the dusk of my mind
And go soaring
Through the shallows of the sky,
Following wonder
And a broken word, --
Thoughts that return
Refreshed,
And waken me
Breathless in the dawn.





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