Duhallow In Mid February Poem by Francis Duggan

The cold wind of February from the mountains do blow
In the fields of Duhallow where the Blackwater flow
In the home of jackdaw and rook and the silver back crow
The hungry cattle in farm-shed for fodder bellow
Though with every passing day Spring weather drawing near
Mid February in Duhallow is a cold and wet time of year
The river Blackwater in flood waters of brown
Is flowing with a loud babble on towards Mallow Town
The migratory redwing thrushes chirping on the bare hedgerow
Their northern woodlands are now covered in snow
To their homes in Northern Scotland and further north for their breeding stay
In a month from now will be on their way
The old fields at morning with frost hoary gray
In Duhallow in mid February on a cold and windy day.