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Wild Birds

I am the hawk, the falcon, the eagle
circling the skies, swooping with the winds
that roar through gold and carmine canyons.
I soar to hunt, to pursue, to feed.
Gliding on ageless currents of thermal energies
exploding through the clouds,
stooping to the field, the sea, the desert.

I have the strength, the will, the fortitude
of the ages beside, and within, my being
sharpening my insight, my vision,
calling me to the feeding grounds.
I am the caveman, the forager, the hunter
of all within my penetrating sight. 
Succumb to my mighty beak and talons.

Copyright © Linda Alice Fowler | Year Posted 2023

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Sotto Poet Date: 11/25/2023 7:17:00 PM Hearty congratulations on your Trophee win, Linda. Well deserved with this lovely poem Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/26/2023 11:36:00 AM HI Las. Thanks for your congrats. Hope your holiday weekend is going well. :)

Kaveesha Ruwindi Date: 11/24/2023 6:46:00 AM Congratulations on your win! That was an absolutely marvelous piece of poetry ! Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/26/2023 11:35:00 AM You are too kind Kaveesha - thank you! :)

Speaks Volumes Date: 11/24/2023 12:48:00 AM Congrats Las A wonderful poem. Hunting birds certainly are magnificent.. So is your poem. SV Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/26/2023 11:34:00 AM Thanks my dearest friend. Maybe it's in my blood too. After all, I am a Fowler...;) Thanks for your sweet words!! :)

Valsa George Date: 11/23/2023 7:37:00 PM Your eagle in the poem has the might of a tornado and the sweep of a whirl wind. All these birds of the eagle family are great predators. The last line reflects its preying skills. Congratulations Linda on your first place top win. Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/26/2023 3:32:00 AM A kind comment Valsa. I welcome your visit and thanks for the congrats. :) ps: wish I'd thought of "might of a tornado" and "sweep of a whirl wind". LOL

Shadow Hamilton Date: 11/23/2023 4:13:00 PM congrats Linda I am delighted to give you 1st place such a lovely poem hugs Shadow Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/26/2023 3:30:00 AM Shadow, I am honored. Thank you! Linda :)

Speaks Volumes Date: 11/3/2023 8:17:00 AM Such magnificent Birds Las, and you brought them right to me to admire. A wonderful job of personification. You have terrific poetic talent my friend Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/3/2023 9:13:00 AM I blush dear friend. Your comments are encouraging and supportive, as always. Thank you! :)

Terry Flood Date: 10/30/2023 4:19:00 PM If ever a poem drew a vivid picture in my mind, Linda, this is it. I see that eagle with its outstretched wings, riding those thermals. I can damn near hear it’s squeals. Smashing write. Truly enjoyed. Terry Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 10/30/2023 4:35:00 PM I am deeply pleased to hear you say that dear friend. It is a goal to elicit some feeling or emotion with my poems. I appreciate you! :)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/29/2023 10:05:00 AM Excellent ! Love the action, the places where they go, the wordsmithing! Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 10/30/2023 12:56:00 PM Thanks! You words are kind! Linda :)

Sam Kauffman Date: 10/24/2023 10:49:00 AM Linda, you have so wonderfully portrayed the power and the grace of the eagle. Wonderfully written. Best wishes for the contest. Blessings! Login to Reply Linda Alice Fowler Date: 10/24/2023 1:55:00 PM Hello dear Sam. Many thanks for the supportive words and your kind visits. :)