Poem - MAG Poetry Prize 2010
The Dawn Silence
by
London, UK
The Dawn Silence
Is it art or is it a stunt?
Do we really give a f**k?
Plucky birds pluck rock guitars.
Raising tweets (and loot) with
luck.
Cyber-space absorbs the chorus.
@Januszczak tweets, ‘what comes
next?’
Light as a feather let’s
Coo together… ‘Give us the bt.ly
to birds that text!’
Now I 4C a million hits
As we watch the birdie trying to
tweet.
And #Twart is the trending topic
today -
The Twartist interviewed in
‘Heat!’
Telegraph wires – too hot to
touch –
Spark the sparrows to the skies.
‘Sing with your claws! Just get
the kit!’
Supplied: the art of birdsong
dies.
Online a stunted blackbird taps
With calloused claws and a
blunted beak.
Tunelessly he tweets ‘the dawn
Has broken’ (like he does all
week).
The soundless sky is grey and
bleak…
Birds are meant to sing, not
speak.
Added: 30.03.2010
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