Subject: Re: Amateur poet bird i.d. quiz
Date: Oct 14 01:47:35 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

Scott Richardson writes:

>Amateur poet bird i.d. quiz
>
>Montlake Fill, October 10
>
>A tan flock of ten
>erupts unpredictably
>uttering p-r-r-its.
>
>It rises, gathers,
>cirles thrice uncertainly,
>and twitches earthward
(snip)

Heh! Ingenious. Well, thought that deserved at least a hack at ID'ing them,
and realised that it should be a poetic response as well. So here's an ID in
haiku format, titled "No Season's Tickets, Please: We're Migrating'. '-)

Game time, in long grass
Longspurs wind their watches, can't
stay to watch, must go.


Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with style!
Vancouver BC Canada -Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
mprice at mindlink.net