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UniqueUserName

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4. I've always loved this poem by Longfellow. . .

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:27 AM

Mar 3

. . . The Tide Rises the Tide Falls.

Here's the first stanza:

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

---- now I know what a curlew looks like. Thanks 🙂

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Long-billed Curlew [View all] Bo Zarts Mar 2 OP

If I was still... 2naSalit Mar 2 #1

I have never seen or heard about that bird. Laffy Kat Mar 2 #2

wow! killer shot! Gato Moteado Mar 3 #3

I've always loved this poem by Longfellow. . . UniqueUserName Mar 3 #4