Saturday 30 August 2014

Oh For The Wings Of A Gull


On a more cheerful note, latest poem...

Oh For The Wings of A Gull

Synonymous with the sea
You’ll find them in smart white, grey and yellow livery
Surfing the wind above the waves
Patrolling every seashore, cliff and cave
Counting the trawlers in
The ferries out
Combing the beaches
Before other scavengers are out
Then gliding inland to urban dominion
Ruling the rooftops over small town bird civilian
Fish and chip suppers on the fly
They sign summer across the sky
Wheeling and dealing
Squealing and reeling
Gulleted gulls so graceful in flight
But not above a squabble and fight
Over a split bin bag outside the takeaway
Beating the refuse collectors at the dawn of day
Then there’s the Waterloo Street gull who’s friends with a cat
Fancy that.
They emit their soundtrack to the sea
You can even buy it on CD
The council wants to cull the gull
But is happy to use their image to promote its city and CD, no royalties

©LK  King 2014


3 comments:

Steve said...

I know gulls are no longer ocean birds as a rule but they always remind me of days at the beach as a child...

Wisewebwoman said...

I live with gulls and never ever tire of their sounds which seem to communicate in a language only known to them.

Lovely poem.

XO
WWW

The Poet Laura-eate said...

Long live the gulls! Thank you for your comments Steve and WWW. Lx