Like An Eagle's Wings
From the grey-leaved tree
Even our giant Iroko
The eaglets with hopeful wings
Flying & pattering with their wings
Drumming like the drums of the jungle
Rhyming with an eclipse of their times
– O, these motets
Of disjointed hours! –
The birds fly away over our heads,
From a forest of omen, with wings
Looking like an eagle’s wings!
Copyright © Canny Amah | Year Posted 2009
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