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Poem #43 Wedge-tailed Eagle

2 Comments »13th June, 2011; Category: Poetry
Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Imagine
How awesome
To soar over mountains and valleys,
To rise majestically
On thermal currents
Transported effortlessly
Over a patchwork quilt
Landscape.

© 2011 Trevor Hampel

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The Wedge-tailed eagle is Australia’s largest bird of prey with a wingspan of up to 2.8m (about 10 feet). They are found all over Australia where suitable habitat exists. You can read more about Australian birds on my site Trevor’s Birding.

Wedge-tailed Eagle

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2 Responses to “Poem #43 Wedge-tailed Eagle”

  1. john l malone says:
    Monday 13th June, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    lovely poem, Trevor; read it a few times; can’t help thinking how it would look if it were a tanka

    • Trevor says:
      Tuesday 14th June, 2011 at 9:31 am

      Thanks John.

      I had a go at rewriting it as a tanka but there are too many syllables in the original to trim down and still keep the intent of the original. Nice thought though. This was the best I could come up with:

      Just think how awesome 5
      Soaring o’er mountains and vales, 7
      Majestically 5
      Rising on thermal currents. 7
      Patchwork quilt landscape below. 7