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LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

0 posted 2007-09-16 11:11 PM

THE FALCON

Up there in those dizzy heights
As through the ages vast,
The falcon soars in tireless flight
As the fleecy clouds float past.

Round and round in the still clear air,
Unseen by the untrained eye,
Except perhaps by those who care,
The bird watchers of the sky.

Back and forth this tiny speck
Without a thought of rest,
Then perhaps with conscience thinks
Of the young ones in the nest.

Round and round on silent wings
By almost all unseen,
She scans the valley floor below
And all things in between.

Down there on that valley floor
Two pigeons linger still,
Then head off for home once more
Their young one’s mouth to fill.

The sun shines bright on those pigeons wings,
That gleam like the wings of a jet,
And from up on high the glint is seen
And the falcon’s mind is set.

Down she comes like a rocket from space,
The pigeon warns it’s mate,
But the falcon’s claw is bent to kill
And the warning comes to late.

From back up there among the clouds
Or even higher still,
Comes down that screaming falcon’s mate
To take his partner’s kill.

For falcons mostly hunt in pairs
When it is time to breed,
And pity help the luckless bird
Should it be the falcon’s need.

And then away with burden held,
Full purpose in their flight,
To find that far off hidden crag
And on their nest alight.

There three hungry mouths to feed
That clamour in the nest,
Now their immediate work is done
And now perhaps the falcons rest.

Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

1 posted 2007-09-16 11:20 PM

Nicely written. Enjoyed.

Bronzeage
Member

since 2007-07-20

Posts 197

2 posted 2007-09-17 12:08 PM

Very well done. I enjoyed this very much.

Type II poet. Its worth the work.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2007-09-17 01:29 AM

Lindsay, this was so descriptive and real that I actually felt as though I was witnessing the events through my own eyes instead of yours!

Linda

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2007-09-17 09:34 AM

Lindsay~
You bring the reader to the edge of the cliff ... watching ... waiting ...~

VERY ENJOYABLE read~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

5 posted 2007-09-18 01:19 AM

To Tim, Bronzeage Earth Angel

Thank you folk for your kind remarks, much appreciated.

Lindsay

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

6 posted 2007-09-18 01:21 AM

Marge Tindall, Thank you for your kind comments LindsayP

Earl Brinkman
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since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

7 posted 2010-08-13 09:14 PM

You have a very careful eye when it comes to observing nature. Nature kills for food not for sport.

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