Above warm earth where gilt sun glows, a message writ in scrawl of wings, jet black on silver as they rose: a raven and a peregrine. At war with plunges and with throes, two handsome birds beloved by kings; a storm of plumage in the sky marks battle fought for mastery. Kim M. Russell, 2017 […]
Tag: Peregrine Falcons
Peregrine
Scimitar wings cut through the air: falcon of kings watching, a silent movie villain twitching his black moustache. Dark and angular, this fearsome hunter hangs motionless. Tail clenched, closing wings into a stoop, he bullets towards his prey, banks and shoots away out of sight. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response […]
Norwich Peregrine Falcons
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weavers 58: Vernal Equinox and linking up to Jacqui’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood over on A Cooking Pot and Twisted Tales. A blue-grey blur Against stone walls Wide wings whirr Haunting falcons call A flash of white breast Buffeted higher To their nest On the cathedral’s spire © Kim M. […]