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Poetic Form: Crown of Sonnets: Enclosed Rhyme
Inspired: 2023 December 25
Image: Spoon-billed Sandpiper by Cornell Lab of Ornitology

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Multimedia Resources | Birds, Cornell Lab of  Ornithology

Songs of The Spoon-billed Sandpiper No 15: ABBA

They'd wade at standards to be seen by most.
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, who shares wading,
to dying, one hundred ten, and counting.
Stretched East Asia, Russia through China ... host.
They've spoon-shaped bills to help them scoop up moss,
insects, shrimp, and worms. They are renowned for
their calls, which males fly and sing a rapport,
sounds like 'preep' and 'wheer' can stretch it across.
Human encroachment on their feeding and
breeding wetlands threatens their survival.
Predators plague their nest a revival,
two decades, numbers dropped by two thousand.
The ascension for most and few still greens,
a descension of value bows night scenes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Alex Avatar
December 27, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Great, indeed!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
December 27, 2023 at 2:50 AM
Namaste, it is good of you to visit, Christuraj. Blessings, my friend. Aloha, William
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December 26, 2023 at 9:53 AM
Aloha Hilo.. eloquently captures the delicate existence of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, a species facing the harsh realities of environmental challenges. The use of imagery, such as their spoon-shaped bills and distinctive calls, brings these birds to life in the reader's mind. The poem masterfully conveys the impact of human encroachment on their habitat and the subsequent threat to their survival. . You do these so well my friend..
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December 26, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Alas, this concludes my Crown of Fauna sonnets, now onward to 2024 where the Crown of Flora waits or perhaps an earlier bite precedes not if I dawdle here, but I must have my urgent say--I'm grateful for your utmost sincerity, Silent One. Aloha, William
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