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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-03-09 12:35 PM

YELLOWBILLED KITE
6 March 2011

Oh, the
sweet,
sweet
savouring
of
free
swirls
and dips
and, thermal gliding
on outstretched wings
in a painting’s
August home-coming
celebration.

The three predators
whose rifleshots
from vastly different directions
came in fairly
quick succession,
way
down
below,
are already on the prowl
again
for more naïve prey.

Owl

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2011-03-09 02:29 PM

hi Owl, I am not sure to perfectly get the sense of the poem, did someone shot your kite, however and even with some mystery I enjoyed your write which is colorful and feels with summer, sorry for my kind of naivety...
may be in french I would have get it

have a nice day

yann

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-03-09 02:42 PM

Yann, thank you for your, as always, delightful reply and kind words. It is not your fault you didn’t get it. It is rather obscure.

In South Africa, yellowbilled kites are birds that return in August for the summer months. In the poem there were three men who shot at the kite in the poem, from completely different places but all of them missed and the kite was enjoying its freedom.

Owl

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2011-03-09 10:16 PM

Kites are beautiful birds...and as for the men who were shooting at them? They were there for the wrong reasons: hence, they missed!

Now, had they had a camera...there y'go! Poetry in motion, are birds!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2011-03-10 08:52 AM

With the explanation came the full appreciation, dear Diana.

Is there anything more hateful than to shoot at birds who enjoy their freedom!? Glad these kites escaped!

Prey is a tremendous word, but somehow we are all at risk!

Love,
Margherita

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2011-03-10 01:07 PM

Thank you, Margherita. Human predators are the worst.

Owl

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2011-03-14 04:35 AM

So happy the kite escaped on the wings of your words, Diana.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2011-03-14 10:45 AM

Thank you, Ida. I loved your choice of words.

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-03-14 12:21 PM

Haha! Did somebody shoot your kite. I'm sorry, but that is funny.

Loved the descriptive passages in this poem, and I could very well "see" the plunging toward the earth in search of din-din.

~ My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. ~

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2011-03-14 03:04 PM

If I had been watching that frightening scenario, I might have fainted from holding my breath until the birdie had flown away safely.
You captured that precarious moment very well with your illustrious pen, my friend!

With love,
Linda

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2011-03-15 10:47 AM

Thank you for your reply, Jerry.

I understand exactly what you mean, Linda. Thanks for your reply.

Owl

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