Said the Owl: "It's a marvel! I never have heard Of such a gigantic, impossible bird." Said the Vulture: "Its wings are of awkward design, But as big as a hundred, a thousand, of mine." Said the Swallow: "It's one of the funniest things, For often I've seen it with two pairs of wings." Said the Thrush: "What a clatter and whir are its cries! And it won't sing a note except when it flies." Said the Eagle: "It climbs most amazingly high; I've met it a mile or more up in the sky." Said the Buzzard: "It soars with a beautiful grace, And it curves and it dives at a wonderful pace." Said the Duck: "I have seen one afloat on the sea, That rose from the water exactly like me." Said the Hawk: "It's astounding! Again and again I've seen the bird capture and carry off -- men!" "But sometimes it tumbles," the Whippoorwill said, "And lies on the ground like a bundle of lead." "And one," said the Crane, "with a terrible sound Exploded, and fell, and afire, to the ground." "Dear me!" said they all, "what a puzzling affair! It's the queerest of creatures that fly in the air!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POETS ARE BORN NOT MADE by ROBERT FROST JOY (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND THE BOTTLES AND THE WINE by GEORGE SANTAYANA ELEGY: THE LITTLE GHOST WHO DIED FOR LOVE; FOR ALLANAH HARPER by EDITH SITWELL |