Majestic eagles ride on thermals high <br /> above the river’s wooded shore: <br />white hooded monarchs of the sky. <br /> <br />Keen eyes survey the waters as they fly <br /> in quest of prey to ingest or store. <br />Majestic eagles ride on thermals high. <br /> <br />Above the bluffs, their shadows multiply <br /> as each December dawn brings more <br />white hooded monarchs to the sky. <br /> <br />At winter’s end they’ll homeward fly <br /> to fish the river's northern corridor. <br />Majestic eagles ride on thermals high. <br /> <br />The eagle’s noble span and piercing cry <br /> are immortalized in native lore. <br />White hooded monarchs rule the sky! <br /> <br />Since on spirit wings I must rely <br /> I dream aloft where eagles soar <br />and glide with them on thermals high: <br /> white hooded monarchs of the sky.<br /><br />Robert Charles Howard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eagles-on-the-mississippi/
