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Tremble

Tremble by Michael R. Burch Her predatory eye, the single feral iris, scans. Her raptor beak, all jagged sharp-edged thrust, juts. Her hard talon, clenched in pinched expectation, waits. Her clipped wings, preened against reality, tremble. Originally published by The Lyric

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 11/16/2019 5:20:00 AM
aaah the eagle or the vulture... nicely described..
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Michael Burch
Date: 11/16/2019 7:38:00 PM
Thanks, I'm glad you liked my poem. I wrote it after seeing a documentary about an eagle whose wings had been clipped after a shooting, if I remember correctly.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things