Wild Geese

Kenneth H Ashley

Grey sky,
Grey weather,
Sad sedges sighing;
Summer is dead,
Autumn is dying.
Fast overhead
Two great birds flying;
One clanging cry,
A whirry of winging,
Two rigid necks,
Four great wings swinging -
And then, two specks
Far south, together,
Fade to the eye -
Grey geese, grey sky,
Grey weather.