The h2g2 Poem
Created | Updated Apr 17, 2004
Pintails in Flight was written to include inside a get well card to a sick friend. My friend is a birdwatcher, and I knew she would understand the significance of the Pintail's migratory pattern. They winter south of us and spend their summers in Canada and Alaska. When they are seen in our area it is a sure harbinger of spring
Pintails in Flight
They come on the wings of the wind,
Soaring in elegant, swift flight
Over the ponds and salt marshes
Searching for a familiar, safe retreat
Among the tall grass or the pussy willows.
They pause to bask in the winter sun,
Dressing their plumes beside an open strand,
Enjoying the comfort of well-known shores.
And we rejoice, for they bring with them the announcement of a new spring -
another beginning.
Soon the dark days of winter will live only in our memories.
