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Survival of the Fittest

Nesting season will soon be over
Fledglings are peeking over the edges
Yearning to join their parents in flight
Nesting season will soon be over,
While feral cats await like ugly vultures
Innocent young chicks unknowing descend
Nesting season will soon be over
Fledglings are peeking over the edges.

Innocent young chicks unknowing descend
On fluttering wings, ill-prepared to fly
Until darkness hides them in thick hedges
Innocent young chicks unknowing descend
Mother Nature spares only the strongest
While the weaker chicks are doomed
Innocent young chicks unknowing descend
On fluttering wings, ill-prepared to fly.

While the weaker chicks are doomed
The stronger climb inside the camouflage
Flapping their wings to gain strength,
While the weaker chicks are doomed
Sunrise, they leap from the covering green
Flapping with all their might, take flight
While the weaker chicks are doomed
The stronger climb inside the camouflage.


[Interlocking Triolets inspired by 
a poem using the form by Emile Pinet]
Written May 16, 2021

Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2021

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Terry Miller Date: 5/18/2021 6:49:00 AM An excellent poem and read, I really enjoyed it. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/18/2021 9:08:00 AM Thank you so much, Terry. I'm so glad you enjoyed my poem. I loved writing it.

Christuraj Alex Date: 5/18/2021 5:05:00 AM Wonderful! Congratulations! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/18/2021 9:08:00 AM Thanks, Christuraj. I always enjoy your comments.

Barry Stebbings Date: 5/17/2021 11:59:00 AM Very impressive, Milton. Nicely descriptive of emerging chicks. // Barry Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/17/2021 12:50:00 PM Thanks so much, Barry. I appreciated your visit and your encouragement.

Unseeking Seeker Date: 5/17/2021 2:26:00 AM Superb write, Milton, with interlocking lines! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/17/2021 9:06:00 AM Unseeking Seeker, thanks so much for your read.

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 5/16/2021 8:34:00 PM Nature's law of survival of the fittest is well portrayed in this sad, but captivating poem. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/17/2021 9:06:00 AM Thanks, Evelyn, for your thoughtful comment. I always appreciate hearing from you!

Heidi Sands Date: 5/16/2021 8:29:00 PM So sad for the weaker chicks. I can imagine all of them flapping with all their might . You have described this vividly. Well done.:) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/17/2021 9:05:00 AM Thanks, Heidi, for your kind thoughts. I see this every spring. It makes me sad, but such is the way of Mother Nature!

Richard Lamoureux Date: 5/16/2021 8:04:00 PM This is so well expressed. A sad reality but one that is necessary to preserve the strongest genes. Thanks for your visit Milton. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 5/16/2021 8:14:00 PM Thank you, Richard. Thanks for yours.