Friday, March 11, 2016

Zeroed in on its target with a glint in the eye

                                                                                               Attribution: AngMoKio
Image: Eastern imperial eagle a large bird of prey

the given words:
stay sits play wits fits comedy flits
tragedy eye smart cry heart moan stone.
flits: (to move or fly quickly from
one place to another

The birds feel safe at their domains to stay
At a vantage position an eagle waits and sits
They have fun and games so happy at play
Its brain working hard to draw out its wits

Debating options questioning if it fits
In all seriousness shelving any comedy
A simple routine to swoop and flits
To the poor minnows a regular tragedy

Zeroed in on its target with a glint in the eye
Having been used to play it all that smart
With a silent 'swoosh' and a slight battle-cry
It grabbed the little ones with all its heart

Mothers could only watch with loud moans
Cursed baby snatchers with heart of stone

For Gayle's at d'Verse - Bouts-Rimés
Revisited  -  Meeting the Bar
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16 comments:

  1. Walter J WojtanikMarch 12, 2016 at 3:20 AM

    Nature always inspires, Hank. Images here are vibrant. A strong write

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  2. brudbergMarch 12, 2016 at 6:08 AM

    Cursed or not, nature is about eat or be eaten.

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  3. Pat HattMarch 12, 2016 at 6:13 AM

    Have to be quick or quicker than the other or all can be lost

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  4. OutlawyerMarch 12, 2016 at 8:51 AM

    Yikes-- very menacing--you describe the poor mothers so feelingly! k.

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  5. Sanaa RizviMarch 12, 2016 at 9:05 AM

    Love the perspective of nature for this prompt :D such wonderful execution of the bouts-rimes.

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  6. Petru J ViljoenMarch 12, 2016 at 9:37 AM

    There is that part about nature too. Well done.

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  7. ✿March 12, 2016 at 9:37 AM

    The ending is my favorite. So sad. :( But still, nature's way.

    "With a silent 'swoosh' and a slight battle-cry
    It grabbed the little ones with all its heart

    Mothers could only watch with loud moans
    Cursed baby snatchers with heart of stone"

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  8. De JacksonMarch 12, 2016 at 10:03 AM

    I like this take! The circle of life. ;)

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  9. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 12, 2016 at 10:43 AM

    Nature, although beautiful, is cruel beneath the surface. We all eat to survive. Well thought out.
    Anna :o]

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  10. GraceMarch 12, 2016 at 11:16 AM

    Nature only looks out for its own, such is death and life in the animal kingdom ~

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  11. HannahMarch 12, 2016 at 11:30 AM

    You've painted Nature so vividly...these're amazing birds. :)

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  12. BodhiroseMarch 12, 2016 at 12:03 PM

    That is the way of nature's world. We are sometimes horrified to witness how one takes another...but that is its way...perfectly natural. Thanks for this peek into the life of a powerful bird of prey, Hank, and for joining in with the prompt.

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  13. Glenn ButtkusMarch 12, 2016 at 2:17 PM

    We are part of nature & for some predators we are even still part of the food chain. They people taste like pork; hope I never find out the truth of it.

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  14. nashvillecats2March 13, 2016 at 6:17 AM

    Another wonderful write Hank.
    Yvonne.

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  15. UnknownMarch 15, 2016 at 5:55 AM

    Love how the volta shifts perspective from predator to prey.

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  16. Katie Mia FrederickMarch 23, 2016 at 10:13 PM

    Ah..
    Difference
    between Eagle
    Vision and hUman
    visions.. focus..
    without
    reaSon..:)

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