HOMAGE TO FEATHERS:

To the squeaks, tweets, squawks, twits, whoops, toots, quacks, song,

To the talons & claws, to legs, delicate & fine, thick & strong,

To bill & beak, whatever size or shape, no matter where,

To eye of hawk, of bead, of every stare, peep & glare,

To eyrie, cave, tree, grass, bush, branch & nest,

To feathers, dun, rainbow, coarse & soft, of wing & breast,

To strutting, swaggering, hopping, swaying & elegant stride,

To diving, swimming, flying, & the magnificent glide,

To eggs, gigantic, tiny & minute, of every colour & hue,

To all my feathered friends & guides, I bow down to you,

I pay you homage & pray you will always be around,

In sky, on water, & on our sacred ground.