Best Lapwing Poems
Cry of the Red-wattled Lapwing
It’s not sweet as the Asian koel’s song.
The red-wattled lapwing voices its irrecoverable loss.
The bird’s sorrow scalds the night.
It was brooding in the serene scrape nest.
The black blotchy eggs camouflaged with the pebbles and sand,
yet they weren’t safe from the predator....
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Categories:
lapwing, bird,
Form:
Free verse