Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

Washington Biological Survey

J. K. Murphy

WASHINGTON BIOLOGICAL SURVEYtc "WASHINGTON BIOLOGICAL SURVEY"

J.K. Murphy

A scientist recalls
That tagged birds were released
And flew up remote canyon walls.

A hunter shot one such bird
For dinner, and spotting the tag,
Followed it word by word:

WASH BOIL SERV
So he washed the bird,
Boiled it and served it up on a tin plate.

It was tough as old-man crow
I wonder if they got wind of it,
Revised the tag a bit?

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