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Blue Herons in the Evening.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2005 | Turner, Brian | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
BLUE HERONS IN THE EVENING 
 
   Blue-grey wings the colour of scree 
   on late summer afternoons; 
 
   wing-beats slow as flags flapping 
   in a drifter, two herons in flight 
 
   in the twilight in front of the glowing 
   white and gold snow on the Hawkduns ... 
 
   can one safely assume they are never going 
   to want to blame or take issue with 
 
   the behaviour of the sun, the moon, 
   and the stars? Most ...

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