Ireland Wildlife Wildside Wexford Irish Natural History

Wandering Albatross

On stiff dipped wings you glide
o'er climbing waves
stinging spray lashes your slim body
as you sail oceans wide
sheer cliff homes now but a memory
of greener days.

Hourglass Dolphins

Below, dolphins knife through marbled waters
in search of warmer seas.
From dark silent depths
leviathans break the surface skin
for a sacred breath
soon to sink again to fathoms deep
leaving only foam prints.

Pink-footed Shearwater

Skuas, shearwaters or auks
may share your domain
but none carried your grace or majesty
that a silent poet once revered
in ancient mariner rhyme.

Edward A Wilson of the Antarctic

Ice winds moan from the south.
Listen! Are they the voice
of drowned souls?
Lost explorers in chrystal graves?
Are you the spirit guide for those forgotten
dreamers

You wander alone, guardian
of Neptune's secrets.

Don Conroy (1st June 2003)

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