In memory of the blackbird

Blackbird still your spirit flies
amongst the Boynes green beauty
warmth of verse in summer's sun
as nature does its duty

Blackbirds song still calling out
aesthetic beauty amongst the mundane
the little boy has long since passed
your song is shelter in the rain

Blackbird here your perch still stands
though war took you across the seas
your songs hailed heroes but not you
carried along in summer's breeze

Blackbird though you're long since gone
your mortal matter in  Passchendale 
your mind was shared for verse to flourish
in beauty's valley your soul will hail.