To the Man Passing London Zoo’s Blackburn Pavilion Clock at 12:30 p.m.
Like a hummingbird
pinned to a fencepost, freed
of its Whirling Dervish world… <<read more>>
Note: London Zoo’s Blackburn Pavilion houses hundreds of bird species and includes the largest collection of hummingbirds in the U.K. The clock at its entrance springs into mechanical life, complete with chirping birds, every half hour.
London Zoo’s press team thought the poem was “fantastic” and tweeted about it on their Twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/zsllondonzoo.
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WordLoft by Natalie McNabb 