Raptors Poems - Poems about Raptors

raptors, raptors, birds of prey hawk, eagle, owls, vultures dark and gray with your sharp talons and hooked beaks related to dinosaurs before the Greeks raptors, raptors, birds of prey hunting up close and far away with a fast dive you make me cringe and duck. Here they come. I must say f......

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A broken wing in death’s chicane Where pigeons fall unending pain A blinded flock to circle down As fangs await both wolves and hounds While far above a falcon stalks Vision prescient it never balks A broken wing once clipped in fear the raptors chase —with canids near (The New Room: October, 2023)...

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Be kind to all my fallen failures. Even when I’ve burnt my house down? Even when I’ve broken homes in two? Even when I am guilty of misbehavior? I’ve experienced downward spirals mangled Everyone deserves an upward trajectory Keep my wings up at a shallow angle Easy raptors ride the thermals in glory After guilt weighs us down, tales begin Higher and higher altitude...

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hunting and circling for prey the moonlight reflects ~ wispy winged moving shadows loud screeches echo winds howl as tree leaves rustle ~ rough water dances in tune an eagle soars in circles dive bombs into rough water ~ proud prey prize displayed 12/14/22 Contest: Triple New CharlieKu Poetry Contest Sponsor: Charlies Messina (757 577 775, Syllables checked with howmanysyllables)...

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Stunned I stare from a rocky shore As eagle architects swoop and soar. Avian aerobats stretch my mind. Carving arcs in cerulean air Building an aerial cathedral Framing clear high walls across the sky With headlong three-sixties upside down Form gothic spandrels toward the ground Flickering feathers turned them around Racing sunward as a fleur de lis In a uniting swirl upward bound, Forming a pole...

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The child sees blue skies Raptors spread their wings nearby His little heart cries...

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#1 bats swarm from their caves flying bugs are swept from sky raptors of the air #2 rain puddles on lawn robin cocks his head slightly earthworms heard not seen #3 gulls attack shallows survival of the lucky caviar du jour Long Tooth July 7, 2016...

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The sun was shining, when the raptors flew across the sky. As blue as water in the carribean. They flap and squawk. As they were chasing a white pigeon to a mahogany tree. They were hungry Like a wolf. And eager to grab it. In certain might. Helplessly it stood on a branch. Before the tugging and tearing, the pigeon got a chance and escaped....

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The raptors squawk instead of talk Across the city bridge Their screeches carry on the wind To ears they want to reach They hop like birds with heads that bob Converging with their friends They compare scraps That they have tapped On gestures they portend A daily dose of basic smack And a hostel is their aim Finding punters to comply Is the object of the game “Try’n...

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The Dromaeosaurs Thought of tennis as a chore Football liked more By Robb A. Kopp...

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