On the First Day of March, the Harbour Sent to Me…
As I walked by the harbour on St David’s Day,
Among the ubiquitous black-headed gulls,
I noticed some more unusual rarities.
I looked through my binoculars,
and saw:
The Gull and the Ball
In the park, a herring gull
Found a purple plastic ball.
Pecked at it,
Picked it up in its beak,
Dropped it,
Pecked at it some more.
February bird Haiku
Greylags, mallards, swans, moorhens
All paired-up in the park –
Mating season.
Poole Park in Early Spring
Mid February. A sunny Sunday afternoon.
The first warm day of the year.
The people of Poole head to the Park,
Eager to take the air.