the osprey the eagle wingbeat for wingbeat a flawless choreography swoop for swoop wheel and dive the fish tumbles free from the grasp of the osprey the eagle like a rock plummets to rise again triumphant clutching its plunder
Great to see you back with some real Dale inspiration. I count of you for images of the mountains and those that reside there. This captures it beautifully!! I can't help feeling sorry for the fish, though.....
Yes, the poor fish. Life and death for life and death - that is how it goes. I with often glance skyward when a shadow sails past my feet and see a fish, still wriggling, in the clutches of an osprey's talons. Here is the place where fish really do fly!
Where Koos looks through his lense and String uses brush strokes, I opt for words.
I very much like the line 'Wing beat to wing beat' the piece flows very well. I can sense the very fresh air.
ReplyDeleteHeron, so good to see you here!
ReplyDeleteAs a poet yourself, your compliments mean very much to me.
Thank you!
Nice one Dale! I love watching birds of prey! Could really sense them in this poem!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to blogworld, Dale (or am I talking about myself?). I sense the quaity of your poetry and I hope there is more to come. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThey are magnificent, String! I would miss them, too, if I were not here.
ReplyDeleteSo good to be back, Koos! It is more a place of comfort and privacy than the broad, less personal blue and white of Facebook.
Great to see you back with some real Dale inspiration. I count of you for images of the mountains and those that reside there. This captures it beautifully!! I can't help feeling sorry for the fish, though.....
ReplyDeleteYes, the poor fish. Life and death for life and death - that is how it goes.
ReplyDeleteI with often glance skyward when a shadow sails past my feet and see a fish, still wriggling, in the clutches of an osprey's talons. Here is the place where fish really do fly!
Where Koos looks through his lense and String uses brush strokes, I opt for words.
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Such a vivid description- I too, like Val, feel for the fish.
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Thanks, AM.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is exactly how it happened!
Glad to see you on here. Wonderful words coming from your brain again as always. Herons - yeah - beautiful!
ReplyDeletelol Lesley! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I would call it my brain - more like my heart and the scene over the lake connected somehow.
Good to see you're back!
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