Sun drenched gold, amidst the view <br />On a river at even in Kakadu. <br /> <br />Crocodiles rough, in ripples adrift <br />Glide on slow for attack is swift. <br /> <br />A lone fisher stands, tall without fear <br />Adroit in the shallows beak as a spear. <br /> <br />Day comes down, the waters teaming <br />With movement and calls, feeding and preening. <br /> <br />The fisher patient, lands the prey <br />Clenched in the bill and on display. <br /> <br />Sea eagle hapless, failing its best <br />Challenges the fisher to feed a full nest. <br /> <br />Mighty fisher stands, wide wings repel <br />Drops and regains the catch, eagle power to dispel. <br /> <br />Again the eagle advances, but staunch the fisher holds through <br />Awash in burnt ochre light, victorious is the jabiru. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Note: Written 20/12/2003 from an observation made at the East Alligator River in Kakadu, NT Australia on a holiday in August 1997.<br /><br />Danny Draper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kakadu-fisher/
