Swan song

Alfred Dorn Sonnet

 

 

 A dying swan sings, so they say.

I do not know if this is true.

To me it seems a fitting way

 for swans to bid their last adieu

Although they would much rather stay

 with life long mates who have been true.

 

There is no reason I can see

 it can’t be true. It might well be.

 

Why is that we can today

decide. It is not true, deny

the truth of what the legends say.

That swans must sing before they die

When we can’t prove it either way.

I am confused and wonder why.

 

01/07/2009

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Reviews

[Brown Bull]

In my meadow, I don't often get to see swans, but your poem has brought them to my attention in this lovely way.