Bob, you don't like my rhyming of Seagulls with Eagles(I prononce it like "Eagulls").
But anyway, your line does sound better.
Circling the tower were loud screaming gulls Cutting through the ice that was hitting the hulls. Ready to swoop down if they see something to eat,
Stan M New Jersey Lighthouse Lovers ------------------------------------ Harry Wishlist: Tinicum Rear Range, Miah Maull Shoal, Finns Point, Bergen Point, Cross Ledge, Old Ambrose Lightstation, Romer Shoal, Barnegat Lightship, Liberty Lightship.