On Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania thousands upon thousands upon thousands of hawks in migration have been slaughtered for pleasure. Drawn north or south in spring and fall: merlin and kestrel, peregrine, gyrfalcon, marsh hawk, red-tailed, sharp-tailed, sharp-shinned, Swainson's hawk, golden eagle and osprey slaughtered for pleasure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HEREDITY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE PHOENIX by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 8 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT ON THE PICTURE OF A SLEEPING CHILD by VINCENT BOURNE INSUFFICIENCY (2) by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, IN ANSWER TO SOME LINES TO BE CHEERFUL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AIRS SUNG AT BROUGHAM CASTLE: DIALOGUE SUNG THE FIRST NIGHT by THOMAS CAMPION |