Under altostratus clouds <br /> faded blue sky, <br />a predator swirls, drifts about, <br /> blue gray eye searches for prey, <br />noises loud, high pitched call, warns <br /> monkeys down below, exudes fear, <br />screams, swings from tree to tree <br /> away from marauding stare, <br />so swift, lightning speed, swoops, <br /> in minute hard earned prize <br /> <br />Colugo, civets, snakes, lizards <br /> are its other favorites gourmet <br />shaggy crest on crown, haughty, <br /> adorned with long brown feathers, <br />resembles mythical gryphon, <br /> dark face, creamy brown nape, <br />posterior dark brown, underside, <br /> underwings, white, legs heavy, <br />yellow, powerful large dark claws, <br /> huge deep bill, high arched bluish gray <br /> <br />Wingspan a couple meters, world’s largest <br /> that ever live on earth today, <br />a dominant hunter in virgin forest, <br /> specie’s flight fast and agile <br />echos smaller birds of chase, <br /> a national emblem, national pride <br />Pearl of the Orient yet <br /> vanishing Haribon refuses to die, <br />choosing endless escape <br /> down Pacific blue horizon<br /><br />Noel Horlanda<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bird-king-great-philippine-eagle/
