Constance La France Poet Verse

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Blue-Green Bird

dancer in the dense vegetation
     of a marshland
 echoes
   a harsh-like call 
              a very unbirdlike call 
of a gallinute rail bird
  with glossy blue-green plummage
      bright yellow legs with long talons
                and an long orange
 and yellow beak ...
        a secretive bird  
   who is a weak flyer
                     mostly flightless
 loving thick reed beds
          and underbrush to run through
   an opportunist feeder of bugs
       can swim to find fish
                       and an occasional frog
           endangered in some places
    due to loss of habitat
                     listen for whistle-like
    squeak-like grunts
            when near marshlands
                             or dense forests ...

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April 16, 2021

Poetry/Verse/blue-green bird
Copyright Protected, ID 04-1347-464-16
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France

Written for the Standard Contest, All Yours (Apr 17)
sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged, 04/16/2021

First Place

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Heidi Sands April 18, 2021 at 7:24 AM Congratulations for your great win, Constance :) Constance La France April 18, 2021 at 7:37 AM Heidi, thank you so much for the congratulations, love _Constance

Connie Marcum Wong April 18, 2021 at 12:49 AM What an amazing creature you have described beautifully in your poem Constance. Congratulations on your wonderful first placement! Blessings xxoo Constance La France April 18, 2021 at 7:38 AM Connie, thank you for the compliment and congratulations, love _Constance

Sy Roth April 17, 2021 at 5:51 AM What an exquisite portrait of this figure of beauty that nature has graced us with. Constance La France April 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM Sy, thank you so much for the compliment, love _Constance

JC Brul April 16, 2021 at 10:08 PM Vivid description that lingers in heart! Beautiful! Congratulations!! Constance La France April 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM JCB, thank you for the compliment and congratulations, love_Constance

Rico Leffanta April 16, 2021 at 11:41 AM The Hawaiian gallinule is credited with bringing fire to the people so is a protected species in the islands. Aloha! Rico Constance La France April 16, 2021 at 12:33 PM Rico, oh that is wonderful to hear that this beautiful bird is a protected species in Hawaii, love _Constance

L Milton Hankins April 16, 2021 at 11:15 AM Fine poem about a bird I'm totally unfamiliar with. I'm assuming it is North American. What is its range? Thanks for sharing this, Constance. Constance La France April 16, 2021 at 11:20 AM Milt, thanks for visiting my poem and the compliment. This bird is just one of a large family of Rail (Rallidae) birds, that live in all places below the snowline but not deserts, likes dense marshlands, love _Constance