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The Offcomer
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Bird watchers have recorded in the past few years a species on Sandpiper native to the Mississippi Delta having negotiated a hazardous path through wind turbines to nest in the sand dunes and mud flats of England’s North West Coast.
There is a lot of talk about climate science but oil exploration has already begun in Iceberg Alley


The Offcomer

Bird watchers have recorded in the past few years a species on Sandpiper native to the Mississippi Delta and the river estuaries of the South East U.S.A. nesting in the sand dunes and mud flats of England’s Noth West Coast, an alien and hostile environment for them.

Little offcomer,
what brought you to
this unfriendly shore.
Blown by maverick winds
to rest and nest
in this strage land,
far from the feeding grounds
and safe havens generations
of your kind have found.
You belong in a delta
far away in the west
but were blown to this shore
by a maverick wind
fanned by human hands.

 

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Other Poems On A Similar Theme
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54 Degrees North
The Young River
Peccavimus
Bitter Fruit
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 Reviews of "The Offcomer"
Reviewed by Janet Caldwell
Reviewed on July 7, 2007
I'll be the Little off-comer soon. Your sweet.

Jan xoxoxo

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on June 5, 2007
Very beautiful indeed,Hugssssssssss

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on June 4, 2007
So very sad for the innocent little birds, may they find their way home again.......

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Barbara Mercer
Reviewed on June 4, 2007
Lovely, gentle and caring poem.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on June 4, 2007
Heartfelt offering Ian!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Bill Grimes Jr.
Reviewed on June 4, 2007
Beautiful poetry with a sad and much deeper message Ian......Well done.

Peace,

Bill


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