Amy Green Poet Rhyme

Oh, Oh Kakapo

Oh, oh Kakapo 
You are the world's rarest
Dweller on the ground- Ancient parrot
Your tinged emerald hue is the fairest,
The greatest respect you merit.

Oh, oh Kakapo
Magnificent New Zealand you are from
Never had an enemy,
Until the humans did come
Bringing the ship's rats
and the scary cats
When the Europeans arrived
You had no chance to survive

Oh,oh Kakapo
In your island country
There were hundreds of thousands
of you
Committed to a small jail cell
There now survives so very few.

*Dedicated to one of the most amazing, and rarest
birds in the world, the Kakapo from New Zealand.
62 are currently left in existence.

A. Green

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Amy Green April 28, 2010 at 11:50 PM Actually they do have a breeding program on a private island. I believe the numbers are up to over 100 now. I think the 62 reflects the wild Kakapo.

Barbara Gorelick April 28, 2010 at 11:43 PM Saw the pic on your blog..It is truly a tragedy . Perhaps they can make a comeback like the California Condor..but it takes years and lots of $$$..BG

Travis Tapley April 28, 2010 at 8:47 PM I am not familiar with this bird, so thank you for the info at the end of the poem. This was a wonderful tribute to an obviously almost extinct bird. Beautiful poem. So sad that they are confines to a small area.