tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post7105045819964200956..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: OspreyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-3598630856310880702012-08-12T17:22:10.611-07:002012-08-12T17:22:10.611-07:00somewhere in the burgerking,pizza
hut dominoes mc ...somewhere in the burgerking,pizza<br />hut dominoes mc donald kentucy fried colonel arbys hardees applebees red lobster olive garden sonic wendy's denny's cracker barrel godfather's friendly's<br />outback<br /><br />there's a food chain<br />not as elegant<br />howeverElmo St. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588245143022651357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70920951398916945402012-08-09T08:59:33.126-07:002012-08-09T08:59:33.126-07:00Once saw a hawk with a bunny in its claws, lifting...Once saw a hawk with a bunny in its claws, lifting o'er--the anguishing pinkConrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91989024621798094092012-08-09T02:27:02.448-07:002012-08-09T02:27:02.448-07:00Amazing bird, concise yet sweeping poem—a killer c...Amazing bird, concise yet sweeping poem—a killer combo.vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-48941464586820496292012-08-08T22:39:24.901-07:002012-08-08T22:39:24.901-07:00"Wheeling"; "working the air, worki..."Wheeling"; "working the air, working the water" -- this would be the SOP of the Osprey.<br /><br />'Tis its nature.<br /><br />The exhaustion and illogic of human dominion, on the other hand -- no such defense.<br /><br />Shakespeare, that fisher of useful lore, was willing prey to the old wives' (probably not old fishermen's) tale about the fish, seeing the osprey, simply surrendering and rolling over on their backs, belly up, the better to be rapt up and devoured.<br /><br />Doubtless there are human folk who, in the face of the messengers of human domination, might try that trick, cherishing foolish hopes of mercy, or of being overlooked, or of being spared yet worse pain.<br /><br />History is over-laden with instance.<br /><br />But fish are probably less silly.<br /><br />Ah, but what an amazing machine of boundless rapacity and wheeling flight and deadly skill, the Osprey! <br /><br />Colouring your mere Blitzkriegs, your Stukas, your Tomahawks and smart bombs, green with rusty envy.<br /><br />A six foot wingspan, rounded talons, an outer toe that is reversible, so that the prey may be grasped with two toes in front and two behind, and a formidable appetite for fish.<br /><br />The name derives from Anglo-Norman ospriet and Medieval Latin avis prede "bird of prey," from avis praedæ. Pliny the Elder called this formidable raptor ossifraga, or "bone breaker".TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-85186851615604037772012-08-08T14:31:51.276-07:002012-08-08T14:31:51.276-07:00The fish
without its head
seems out of place
up in...The fish<br />without its head<br />seems out of place<br />up in the sky<br />on the branch<br />with the osprey<br />curled tongue<br />eye wild<br />dominating<br />we say<br />against <br />the sky<br />shellSusan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-87401575938764939172012-08-08T13:44:44.939-07:002012-08-08T13:44:44.939-07:00"Power/ needs no logic", but we sketch o..."Power/ needs no logic", but we sketch out systems, cradle it in legislative arms.<br /><br />Human dominion is undoubtedly exhaustible; the trouble is, we wear a world out along with our rule.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-80402045781327399252012-08-08T11:04:31.235-07:002012-08-08T11:04:31.235-07:00Tom,
I saw two of them out there above the channe...Tom,<br /><br />I saw two of them out there above the channel a few mornings ago, wheeling<br /><br />"silence upon the thermal currents"<br /><br />"As is the osprey to the fish" --<br /><br />file:///Users/stephenratcliffe/Desktop/Osprey%20-%20the%20ultimate%20fisher%20-%20YouTube.webarchive<br /><br />8.8<br /><br />first silver edge of sun above shadowed<br />plane of ridge, red-tailed hawk calling <br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> were with these, atmosphere<br /> in those things which<br /><br /> horizontal line, enough for<br /> but rather, which can<br /><br />cloudless blue sky reflected in channel,<br />gibbous moon above point across from itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-43686136743350313232012-08-08T10:17:40.762-07:002012-08-08T10:17:40.762-07:00My goodness--
working the air
working the water
&q...My goodness--<br />working the air<br />working the water<br />"fair not a term"<br />Tom Clark<br />"for mercy"<br />Tom Clark<br />"of the air"Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71017023883610045412012-08-08T10:13:46.915-07:002012-08-08T10:13:46.915-07:00Beautiful cry screech
echoing down
river corridor...Beautiful cry screech<br />echoing down <br />river corridor <br />above<br />below<br />through<br />Glide <br />Merlin<br />Umpqua<br />across <br />the Half Shell<br />tip tops<br />to the snag<br />huge piled nest<br />white water<br />underneath<br />that's how we<br />know them<br />plus the fishSusan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.com