Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GULL'S WINGS, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN


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GULL'S WINGS, by                    
First Line: Across my prison window they have flashed
Last Line: I shall fling away. The gull may pass my window again.
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Wings; Seagulls


ACROSS my prison window they have flashed
The white wings of a gull homing seaward.
I remember the ancient legend—
The gull has caught in its wings the sunlight.
This legend has come before to my ears;
Not to my heart. Now I understand,
And know what beauty means, and the joy that beauty brings.
The nail that secretly I drew from my boot-heel.
And was sharp'ning—between the turns of the sentry—
That it might pierce to the heart and bring peace,
I shall fling away. The gull may pass my window again.





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