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Thrushes : : by Ted Hughes Terrifying are the attent sleek thrushes on the lawn,More coiled steel than living – a poisedDark deadly eye, those delicate legsTriggered to stirrings beyond sense – with a start, a bounce,a stabOvertake the instant and drag out some writhing thing.No indolent procrastinations and no yawning states,No sighs or head-scratchings.Continue reading “Thrushes : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :”