She sits in the distance

With watchful eye.

She sees her prey,

Wills it to die.

She poises, she raises

Her fierce, fiery wing.

‘Tis time to feast,

To kill the moving thing.

She strikes a blow

Of power and might.

She is well-paid

For her flight.

So passes she

Another night:

The Hawk,

Whose bones

Are hollow.

(edited 2016, 2017, 2024)

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