Raptor Repertoire

Poetry Page





She untucks her head

Opposite leg and wing stretch

She greets the sunrise



Gos in black top hat

Double breasted coat, long tails

Properly attired

- Beth



Hawks on the rise, call

as the sun peeks through the mist

Rabbits scurry home



Twilight noises come

Owls on the edge of darkness

Waiting for dinner.

- Louise



The eyes focus sharp,

wings about to pump fiercely

ecstatic triumph

- Liam





A Duck for a Lady

We went a huntin' rabbits but there were none around

We crissed and crossed back and forth and covered lots of ground

Old man Jack has moved on out I muttered with a frown

and Lady Harris she was miffed 'cause I had let her down

Not one slip could I produce despite a valiant try

So we headed back towards the truck and past a pond nearby

Without my knowing exactly why Lady bolted off my fist

And headed for that nearby pond which was shrouded in a mist

Then from the water rose two ducks flying hard and fast

Lady too was pumping hard while I stood there agast

Across the pond then a upward swoop Lady in her zeal

Quickened the pace, closed the gap and took her very first Teal

Duck meat was my Lady's reward, for me there was much more

Once again with happy heart I was living the Falconers lore.

- Lord Wallace

Raptor Rap



I'm a raptor

I'm a bird of prey

I use my talons everyday

I eat living things..and that's ok

because I am a raptor a bird of prey



They found a fossil down Mongolia way

that proves I'm a dinosaur from yesterday

I'm a raptor I'm a bird of prey



I'm a Great Horned Owl,-I'm a Bird of Prey !

If you want no pain--stay outa my way!

Work all night--sleep all day,

But that's ok I'm a Bird of Prey!

Big yellow eyes--tiger of the sky-

when BIG BIRD's hungry--something's gonna die!



I'm a raptor, I seldom sleep,

When I catch my prey, I sink my talons deep.

They never suffer nor see another day,

'Cause I'm a raptor, I'm a bird of prey.



I sit and watch, I never sing,

When I spot prey, I take to the wing,

Makes no difference if it's cloudy and gray,

Because I'm a raptor, I'm a bird of prey.



I stoop, I stare, I eat my share,

Don't mess with me, don't you dare.

Scurry up a jackrabbit, if you may,

cause I'm a raptor, I'm a bird of prey.



I'm a raptor, I know I'm cool.

I know what's up, cuz I ain't no fool.

I cruise my turf every day

My very presence making rabbits nerves fray.



I'm a raptor, a bird of prey

I set up housekeeping early in May

My one and only main squeeze said

Stick by me or you're better off dead!

I'm a raptor - a falconer's bird -

Of an easier life you never have heard!

From searching for bunnies he's scratched and unnerved,

I just wait 'till his "HO,HO,HO!!!" tells me: "Dinner is Served!"



I'm a raptor, a red-tailed hawk

wherever I go, the people just gawk

high in the sky or on fenceposts am I

the sun through my tail just dazzles the eye

snake or squirrel or rabbit or mouse -

better watch out when I see YOUR house!



There once was a vulture from Perth

Who's friends always gave him wide berth

They said,of his breath

He could gag us to death

But as a scavenger,a million dollars he's worth!



From a high pitch

or a towering tree

I must satisfy my niche,

and catch anything that may flee



Brought to you by Raptor 'Rap'etoire...

(Kim, Rex, Debbie, Louise, Lita, Jason,

Eileen and Jody)