| InterBoard Poetry Competition | |
RETURN OF THE CURRAWONGS
Janet Kenny
(Wild Poetry Forum)
Out of the sea-fog currawongs came back
after an absence in the mountains; great
black clanging birds, they sought clear air
and found my bird table with smaller birds
assembled, as yet unaware that fate
had ended their security. I heard
the trumpet tones and matched responses,
saw the dark shapes in the branches
and more swooping through the sky;
uproarious jubilation ringing high,
they celebrated their return to where
they fed last spring and summer. Here
they now could rear their hungry young
until, as hoodlum birds the youngsters soar
to mountain forests to absorb the law.
Judge Harvey Stanbrough’s comment: “This poem was especially interesting, the structure was tight, and the ending nailed it, earning it a close second place.”
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3rd Place Winner, August 2001
