Nature
A Drifter Off Tarentum
From The Years Between
Nature
He from the wind-bitten north with ship and companions descended,
Searching for eggs of death spawned by invisible hulls.
Many he found and drew forth. Of a sudden the fishery ended
In flame and a clamorous breath not new to the eye-pecking gulls.
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Kipling, Rudyard. “A Drifter Off Tarentum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/151/.
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Kipling, Rudyard. “A Drifter Off Tarentum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/151/.
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