The neighbor’s roof. Red-shouldered hawk, Raleigh, NC. May 2025.
A hawk stopped by Here yesterday I learned of him From angry jays.
He acted like He couldn't hear, Though jays buzzed by His perch so near.
Resigned, he jumped To fly away Flapped once, twice, And sailed away.
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A bit trite, I know. I was striving for some of those little poems about the mundane that Carl Sandberg and Robert Frost would write.
A bit trite, I know. I was striving for some of those little poems about the mundane that Carl Sandberg and Robert Frost would write.