Monday, April 12, 2010
Magpie Comments
Rating: ★2.5
The magpie's mood is never surly
every morning, wakening early,
he gargles music in his throat,
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Jennifer Boer
30 March 2020
Have loved this poem since I first found it in a copy of 'Surprises of the Sun' bought from the Adelaide University book shop in 1971. my favourite poem of all time, so Australian, so spare and beautiful.
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8/2/2025 8:45:28 AM # 1.0.0
There are two mistakes in the first stanza. It should be 'waking' in line 2, and 'note' at the end of line 4.