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yikes!! more bird poetry
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: yikes!! more bird poetry
- From: "Donna S. Bailey" <dsbailey@conterra.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:21:45 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Stopping by Woods on a CBC Morn
Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the city though,
He will not see me stopping here
Beside his wood to count the crows.
My co-workers must think it queer
To brave the cold without a purpose clear,
To gaze at the nearly frozen lake,
These shortest and coldest days of the year.
They give their heads a shake
And ponder the meaning of "drake".
The only sound's the "zeep"
Of White-throated Sparrows, now awake.
The crows are few and the owls are deep
In the wood. But I have fields and dumps to see
And species to tally before I sleep,
And species to tally before I sleep.
--- apologies to Robert Frost
Donna S. Bailey
Winnsboro, SC
e-mail: dsbailey@conterra.com
URL: http://www.conterra.com/dsbailey
Where are the Birds? Migration across South Carolina