Short Raptors Poems

Foxes sense danger 
raptors eyes now uncovered
ancient hunt begins...

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the moon cast shadows
across the dark river bank ~
raptors hunting ground...

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

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

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wildflowered meadows

leverets play hide and seek

keen-eyed raptors search...

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rafters run rapids
raucous ribaldry resounds ~
rugged ridge raptors

Written October 22, 2022...

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eagles

winged predators

surveying their domain

pinnacle of taloned birds

raptors



(Cinquain)


02/12/2020...

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My greatest thrill at this very advanced age
Is watching the Raptors and the battles they wage
If they make it through
To the finals woohoo
Excitement reigns, they got it made in the shade...

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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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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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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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As springs’ budding blossoms emerge
the raptors glide mercilessly.
—Michael R. Burch

I wrote this haiku-like poem on 3-27-2023 after the Nashville Covenant school shooting massacre. Keywords/Tags: Nashville, Nashville Covenant, Nashville Covenant Presbyterian School, school shooting, massacre, children, kids, students, child abuse, gun control, America, United States, death, murder, serial murder, massacre, bereavement, class, classes...

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The chaotic cadence of falling rain
begins striking the pavement in evening's hours.
Up on the roof I hear the steady gain

of drops as sprinkling now becomes a shower.
The last of daylight's doves have all been slain
by a murder of crows in midnight flower.

Pins of light in puddles are raptors' eyes
that watch with growing fire the blackening skies.


Odd lines 1-7: ten syllables
Even lines 2-8:  eleven syllables...

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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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Lined up
they perch in spaced formation,
ready to take fright and scatter
should a roving hawk approach too near.

I don't know why
they seem insulated from the deadly current,
or why
they make such a reckless target
for the raptors.

A cat looks at them
from a city pavement.
I do know what it is thinking.

The differing spaces between the starlings
could be musical notations.

A language just for cats and hawks,
played loudly,
on a blank sheet of sky.


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steller's sea eagle
perching on frozen birch tree~
stargazing at dawn 


17 March 2022

Syllables checked at howmanysyllables.com

Bird Haiku Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
1st place


Notes: Steller’s sea eagle, one of the world’s largest raptors, with a wingspan of nearly three meters. There are no more than 5,000 of these magnificent birds worldwide and nearly half the population congregates on the sea ice in Hokkaido, Japan each winter.(britanicca.com)...

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A path is worn
going no where
the perimeter
of a domain
enclosed by a fence.
The pride will not follow,
the wildebeest
too few to encircle
their young
shiver in a biting cold.
A Bengal tiger paces
before a closed door
awaiting
a cold lifeless prey
as broken winged raptors
long for the sky.
A cheetah
races the shadow
of its past.
The silver backed gorilla
thumps an empty chest.
The children leave
in yellow buses
believing the lie.


John G. Lawless
©10/26/2021...

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