Ducklings

Ducklings

A Poem by William Arthur
"

thoughts on animals

"

Ducklings

 

I love cats and

 birds and

feeding the ducks

 even frickin used to keep ducks and

chickens and

 would rescue wild ducklings

from the village pond

 when they got lost

if you had ever seen

 a lost duckling

run over you

 would do

the same

 I have never felt

more like a lost

 duckling than

I do now. 

© 2015 William Arthur


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The vulnerable things- the strays of the world- what a soft place they can make in the most leathered of old cantankerous hearts. Good stuff.

Posted 9 Years Ago


This started out happy and ended real sad, but I know that feeling too.

Living in Canada I see a lot of roadkill, so I've seen quite a few run over ducklings, and any small wild animal really.

Posted 9 Years Ago



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Added on February 5, 2015
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Tags: ducklings, chickens, cats, birds, death, lost, imagist

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William Arthur
William Arthur

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom



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I am doing an MA in Creative Writing at The University of Sheffield (as f*****g self indulgent as that is) under the tutelage of Simon Armitage. I am mainly a poet but also write short prose. My favou.. more..

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