Monday, November 9, 2009

Environmental Awareness

Lone predator

Scouring the environs,
Peregrine falcon out

On uppermost branch
Of blighted tree limb—

Pray keep an eye on him.

5 comments:

  1. Are we to watch out for the predator or the victim? Or are they one and the same?

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  2. And ain't orthography a bitch? Out loud we'd hear both "pray" and "prey", but on the page ... well, the poet has to choose one or the other. Still, it's there: a bit of inspired cognitive dissonance....

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  3. Elisabeth,

    From your vantage point as both writer and psychologist, I'd say you know the answer to both questions.

    Joe,

    I thought you'd appreciate hearing that "inspired cognitive dissonance" (pray) was the last word that found its way into this poem.

    Thanks to you both for commenting!

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  4. Televangelist
    out of cache
    preys for
    more fallers

    [ouch].
    ha ha sorry Vassili. Couldn't resist.

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