Harriet's poem uses some striking imagery and paints a compelling picture of one of our most familiar birds.
Blackbird
Take
The tangerine sun
Strolling past
Our Earth
To make the beak.
Take
The vibrant colour of a fox’s eye
Trudging through the freshly fallen leaves
To make the eyes.
Take
The soft touch of a flower
Bursting from its bud
For the feathers.
And finally take
The sharpest flint
That wanders with a cave man’s life
Side by side for centuries
For the mighty claws.
Harriet Whitaker
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