The Rock Dove
Jun 30, 2021
2 minutes
BY JOHN MCEWEN
ILLUSTRATED BY CARRY AKROYD
Suddenly round the cliff face bolt Pigeon and falcon – they tear the air And are gone in it, the air stands, without motion,
As though nothing had drawn that savage blue stroke there.
Norman MacCaig, from A Good Day
A cliff
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