Eagle's Cry

Michael Martin 1978 (Riverside)



Eagle’s Cry

I stretch my wings,
testing my artistic freedom,
leaping into the fickle winds.

With eagled perception
I locate herds of ideas and visions
that scurry on the mental planes.

Descending in rapid fashion
I grasp a thought as it flees
and squeeze the artistic juice free.

My beak clamps down
on its meaty hide, ripping,
seizing its essence from bones.

Ahh, but I am not fulfilled,
never fully satisfied,
I always hunger, craving more.

I dive again and again,
searching for that choice piece
that will give me immortality.

About this poem

Surreal poem about gaining creative notoriety.

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Written on August 24, 1999

Submitted by griffrider on July 23, 2021

Modified on April 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX AXX AXB XXX XXX XXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 515
Words 91
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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