Off to Africa
I really wish I’d thought to say goodbye;
this morning you were here, and now you’ve gone!
We watched you gather, knew that soon you’d fly.
I really wish I’d thought to say goodbye.
I’ll miss your swooping loops across the sky,
your darting dives, your chattering swallow song.
I really wish I’d thought to say goodbye.
This morning you were here, and now you’ve gone.
this morning you were here, and now you’ve gone!
We watched you gather, knew that soon you’d fly.
I really wish I’d thought to say goodbye.
I’ll miss your swooping loops across the sky,
your darting dives, your chattering swallow song.
I really wish I’d thought to say goodbye.
This morning you were here, and now you’ve gone.
This poem is copyright (©) Jacqueline Shirtliff 2023
About the Writer
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Jacqueline is a primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. She is passionate about instilling a love of poetry and reading in the children she teaches and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives with her husband and youngest son in a rose-covered cottage near the sea, and when she's not teaching or writing she enjoys gardening, crochet and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time!
