Snow Petrels
On skies and seas
veiled white with light,
snow petrels weave
and wheel in flight,
they glide and skim
from high to low,
a falling flock
of feathered snow.
In courtship chases
pair by pair
they braid their paths
of freezing air,
birds of Antarctic
paradise,
the cliffs, the sea,
the snow, the ice.
© Liz Brownlee 2012
(From Animal Magic, IRON Press)
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Award-Wining Children's Poet, Author, Wildlife and Climate enthusiast, NPD Ambassador, blogger and owner of Lola the retired alert dog and Paddy the alert dog in training. Books include CLiPPA shortlisted Being Me, Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, Editor of Shaping the World, Author of Be the Change, Apes to Zebras, The Same Inside, Reaching the Stars and Animal Magic. I visit schools, libraries, literary festivals via Zoom and give lessons on writing poetry for children. http://www.poetryroundabout.com http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com @LizBrownlee@zirk.us @Lizpoet
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