Starlings

[Geoff Ryan <>]

My contribution to the Starling discussion:

THE COMMON STARLING

The common starling's not the darling

Of humans in this land

But why decried and vilified

I do not understand.

Is it their success and life prowess

Producing swirling flocks

Most common bird seen or heard

'Round Eastern farming blocks.

A pleasant call, not harsh at all

Iridescent breeding plume

Their beauty's there for all to share

Not admired, I presume.

They fill a niche increasing rich

Spawned by crops and farms

But also feast on bugs and beast

Protecting crops from harm.

Do they enjoy or just destroy

A farmers right to earn

Reducing grain and thus the gain

To a point of no return?

Perhaps the hatred's more predated

Bequeathed by English vile

Colonial error a foreign terror

Enough to churn our bile.

We in the East must try at least

To accept their subtle charm

Whereas the West must do its best

To keep starlings off the farm.

Geoff Ryan

2016

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