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 2024
About the Writer
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Jacqueline is a poet and primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. One of her favourite things is helping children to love poetry and reading and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives in a rose-covered cottage near the sea and enjoys gardening, crochet, and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time! You can read some of her other poems in The Caterpillar, Tyger Tyger, Northern Gravy, The Toy, and Little Thoughts Press.
