Migration



The cranes left many weeks ago
Winter is close, I feel sorrow
The geese have been flying away
It is just me who has to stay
The bullfinch comes close to the house
Over the meadow walks a grouse
The magpic sits on the fence
The morning fog is very dense
The sparrows are still twittering
There isn't a single lark to sing
The raven caw day after day
Tell me, why do I have to stay?
Soon icy frost flowers will grow
I too, I really want to go
But me, I am not migrating
I wait for them to come back for mating
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDAEBBAAEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 492
Words 105
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander

I was born in Germany in 1960. I lived in Germany, Finland, and California and have visited many European countries. I currently live in Germany, but I would like to return to the US. I started writing poems in California inspired by the beautiful nature. I have a master degree in forestry and North American Studies. I write scientific books about nature and environmental history, but also short stories and poems. more…

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