Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk 

Steart Cygnets

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Half a dozen cygnets

With parents dabbling down

In hidden Steart Marsh channel

With bird song all around

Reed warblers in the rushes

Swallows in the sky

Quantocks in the distance

As summer hours pass by

From the hides the birders watch

The heron and shelduck

Hoping for a rarity

Wishing for good luck

Gone for now the avocets

One day to return

But still the time to scan the lakes

More knowledge here to learn.

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