In morning stillness
We hold our breath
Wings above deploy
Unaware of threat
Ravenous hunger
Stalks tenderness
We weave and duck
Instincts sharpened
Our senses protect
Serrated pinions
Carve thru silence
We become rock
Briar n shady cleft
With yellow talons
Meek plucked deft
From hollow hidden
Downy plunder
Raptor's thunder
Sharp-shinned
Hawk Hunting
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Magpie Pearls
Poetry~ This poetic journey started when I began questioning why I write poetry. The assumption I'd come across pearls of wisdom to impart is quickly challenged by readers of "Magpie Pearls", leading me to explore truth in a broader sense. Is truth univer...
