Kenneth Slessor

Here you will find the Poem Cock-Crow of poet Kenneth Slessor

Cock-Crow

THE cock's far cry 
From lonely yards 
Burdens the night 
With boastful birds 
That mop their wings 
To make response? 
A mess of songs 
And broken sense. 
So, when I slept, 
I heard your call 
(If lips long dead 
Could answer still) 
And snapped-off thoughts 
Broke into clamour, 
Like the night's throats 
Heard by a dreamer.