Strange Birds
Armed only with a sense of injustice,
orange-breasted hunter-catcher
patrols her property
calling loudly to hunters
to keep away
calling silently to animals
– stay hidden –
This is no children’s game
we play.
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No worries – Mike does the same thing, probably because of Sardonika, too.
I knew it… sorry Monica, I was just visiting Sardonika and knew I’d put a ‘k’ in your name instead of ‘c’.. I apologise and cast blame on my badly typing fingers…
(I sometimes put my name as Pern!!) Sheeesh!!…xPenx
no, not a children s game at all..’Tis life, lived with death a heartbeat away..
Swift and cruel almost, but it has to be that way. Wonderful words Monika, they paint a picture in your mind.. xPenx
Thank you, Kenny, for this beautiful comment.
“AHH YES” Falcon’s… the beautiful assassins. Nature she slays me with her diversity and I love her. From the microscopic to the telescopic she leaves us speechless.
So devastatingly cruel, so breathtaking and so delicately balanced on man’s disillusionary quest for immortality.
I have enjoyed my time here.
Kenny2dogs 🙂
Thanks, Dakshima, for commenting and for helping me find your blog, too.
Thanks, Bluebee, for these interesting comments! Love to have them from a real craftsman. (Or should I say craftsperson, since I’m not certain of your gender…?)
Thank you, Laz. I always appreciate your comments.
Thank you, Androgoth, for your wonderful comments. (And I don’t see any errors.)
I love the sense of menace crafted by your words, as well as the line breaks and punctuation in those last 4 lines. bb.
Found this one… intense
Good one, Monica
Thanks
Peace,
Laz
wow..
http://loveamongotherthings.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/the-battle-within/
cheers
lovely read btw
Now if only I can stop making these silly punctuation errors… lol
Have a lovely rest of… Is it an evening now or afternoon?
Androgoth XXx
The call of the wild is a most wonderful and sometimes rather saddening experience, I guess that we humans in a modern world have long since forgotten what it is like to hunt and be hunted… i really like this Poem of yours Monica and thank you for sharing it with us all… Excellent.
Androgoth XXx