Talking to the Birds

(Leaf 56) – Reflection

 

Tim Chamberlain - Talking to the Birds (2004)

This poem could be read as describing a scene I’ve seen in so many different places and different times in my life. It could be any number of old boys I’ve watched feeding the ducks and gulls at Shinobazu Pond, or it could be my own grandfather in his cottage by the canal, or it might even be me, in the not too distant future.

 

 

The old man –

talking to the birds

with breadcrumbs.