Hello All. The prompt today, find an actual article about an animal, and change the name of the animal into something else. Then use that language to create a poem. Thank you to allaboutbirds.org for their wonderful articles about the Red Tailed Hawk. Thank you for visiting.
School Dance Courting teenagers put on a display Young couples on the dance floor Soar in wide circles Shoop – shoop – de Buteo The bravest males dive steeply Then shoot up, nearly as steep Swooping in wide circles Swoop – Swoop – de Buteo After several swoops a pair might touch He extends legs, she extends wings Blue gym lighting dims and swells Shoop – Swoop – my Buteo Sometimes the pair grab on to one another Clasp talons, plummet in spirals Before pulling away My Buteo – Oh Buteo – my own
