Wednesday, 6 May 2015

The swan: another candidate for our National Bird




The Swan

Look at the swan.
He won’t be gone
He’s only busking.

Look at the swan.
He won’t be gone
He’s just a busking.

The swan is lifting up his wings,
Immense and white and powerful things.
Above the water feathers sweep,
Enough to make the fearful weep.

For when these wings begin to flap
He really is a scary chap.
These dreadful wings make such a threat;
And does it scare me?  Yes.  You bet.

He does this busking every day
So nothing bad can come his way.
He isn’t bothered by a boat.
He hates some other things that float.

And fish and birds, and you and me
He hates them all, most things he sees
His long and pointy orange beak
Is like a snowy mountain peak.

Although we cannot see his feet
They are still going, beat, beat, beat
But if the breathing was to stop
The swan would shout, “Oh.  Fizzle Pop.”


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